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... novel , by Marlinski . In 1844 he published his first work of con- siderable length , a translation of " The Heretic , " a povel in three volumes , by Lajetchnikoff . The work was well received , and an edition was immediately reprinted ...
... novel , by Marlinski . In 1844 he published his first work of con- siderable length , a translation of " The Heretic , " a povel in three volumes , by Lajetchnikoff . The work was well received , and an edition was immediately reprinted ...
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... novel , " The Monastery . " George Peele ( 1552–1598 ? ) , like Lyly , had received a liberal education at Oxford . He was one of Shakespeare's fellow - actors and fellow - shareholders in the Blackfriars Theatre . His earliest work ...
... novel , " The Monastery . " George Peele ( 1552–1598 ? ) , like Lyly , had received a liberal education at Oxford . He was one of Shakespeare's fellow - actors and fellow - shareholders in the Blackfriars Theatre . His earliest work ...
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... novel . An Italian novel , by Bandello . Lodge's Rosalynde . An older play . Gower's Confessio Amantis , and The Patterne of Painfull Adventures . Unknown . Cinthio's Hecatomithi . ( Paynter's Palace of Pleasure , translated from ...
... novel . An Italian novel , by Bandello . Lodge's Rosalynde . An older play . Gower's Confessio Amantis , and The Patterne of Painfull Adventures . Unknown . Cinthio's Hecatomithi . ( Paynter's Palace of Pleasure , translated from ...
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... novel and piquant lights that the attention of the reader is constantly stimulated . One source of his picturesqueness is his frequent use of antithesis ; not a bare oppo- sition of words , but the juxtaposition of apparently discordant ...
... novel and piquant lights that the attention of the reader is constantly stimulated . One source of his picturesqueness is his frequent use of antithesis ; not a bare oppo- sition of words , but the juxtaposition of apparently discordant ...
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... novels , the interest is generated by the accumulation of a thousand delicate , almost imperceptible touches , and the char- acters are elaborated with painful minuteness . It requires an effort to yield the attention to the gentle ...
... novels , the interest is generated by the accumulation of a thousand delicate , almost imperceptible touches , and the char- acters are elaborated with painful minuteness . It requires an effort to yield the attention to the gentle ...
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Página 272 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him.
Página 272 - I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated.
Página 142 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Página 183 - I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them.
Página 142 - Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
Página 281 - There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments ; the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, and glowed (I say literally glowed] when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw such another eye in a human head, though I have seen the most distinguished men in my time.
Página 39 - Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Página 223 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth. Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Página 151 - It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the
Página 254 - Beauclerk and the beaming smile of Garrick, Gibbon tapping his snuff-box and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in his ear. In the foreground is that strange figure which is as familiar to us as the figures of those among whom we have been brought up, the gigantic body, the huge massy face, seamed with the scars of disease, the brown coat, the black worsted stockings, the grey wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick.