Essays, Critical and MiscellaneousD. Appleton, 1860 - 744 páginas |
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... less is it thus with po etry . The progress of refinement rarely sup plies these arts with better objects of imitation . It may , indeed , improve the instruments which are necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician , the ...
... less is it thus with po etry . The progress of refinement rarely sup plies these arts with better objects of imitation . It may , indeed , improve the instruments which are necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician , the ...
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... less dangerous , was also to be avoided . The imaginations of men are in a great measure under the control of their opinions . The most exquisite art of a poetical colouring can produce no illusion when it is employed to represent that ...
... less dangerous , was also to be avoided . The imaginations of men are in a great measure under the control of their opinions . The most exquisite art of a poetical colouring can produce no illusion when it is employed to represent that ...
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... less striking , ac- cording as the occasions which gave birth to them are more or less interesting . But they are , almost without exception , dignified by a sobriety and greatness of mind to which we know not where to look for a ...
... less striking , ac- cording as the occasions which gave birth to them are more or less interesting . But they are , almost without exception , dignified by a sobriety and greatness of mind to which we know not where to look for a ...
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... less , and was neglected till it became really so . These tactics maintained their ground for cen- turies in most parts of Europe . That foot sol- diers could withstand the charge of heavy ca- valry was thought utterly impossible , till ...
... less , and was neglected till it became really so . These tactics maintained their ground for cen- turies in most parts of Europe . That foot sol- diers could withstand the charge of heavy ca- valry was thought utterly impossible , till ...
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... less comprehensive , but it had served to correct his speculations , and to ciple , that societies and laws exist only for the purpose of increasing the sum of private hap- piness , is not recognised with sufficient clear- ness . The ...
... less comprehensive , but it had served to correct his speculations , and to ciple , that societies and laws exist only for the purpose of increasing the sum of private hap- piness , is not recognised with sufficient clear- ness . The ...
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Página 249 - There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language, where he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion.
Página 133 - The style of Bunyan is delightful to every reader, and invaluable as a study to every person who wishes to obtain a wide command over the English language. The vocabulary is the vocabulary of the common people. There is not an expression, if we except a few technical terms of theology, which would puzzle the rudest peasant. We have observed several pages which do not contain a single word of more than two syllables. Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant to say. For magnificence, for pathos,...
Página 285 - Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needle-works and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome...
Página 16 - They recognised no title to superiority but his favour; and confident of that favour, they despised all the accomplishments and all the dignities of the world. If they were unacquainted with the works of philosophers and poets, they were deeply read in the oracles of God. If their names were not found in the registers of heralds, they were recorded in the Book of Life.
Página 16 - Events which short-sighted politicians ascribed to earthly causes had been ordained on his account. For his sake empires had risen, and flourished, and decayed. For his sake the Almighty had proclaimed his will by the pen of the evangelist and the harp of the prophet.
Página 12 - Oliver Cromwell, his bitterest enemies themselves being judges, destitute of private virtues? And what, after all, are the virtues ascribed to Charles? A religious zeal, not more sincere than that of his son, and fully as weak and narrow-minded, and a few of...
Página 17 - They went through the world, like Sir Artegal's iron man Talus with his flail, crushing and trampling down oppressors, mingling with human beings, but having neither part nor lot in human infirmities, insensible to fatigue, to pleasure, and to pain, not to be pierced by any weapon, not to be withstood by any barrier.
Página 16 - We regret that a body, to whose courage and talents mankind has owed inestimable obligations, had not the lofty elegance which distinguished some of the adherents of Charles I., or the easy good breeding for which the court of Charles II.
Página 276 - It has lengthened life ; it has mitigated pain ; it has extinguished diseases ; it has increased the fertility of the soil ; it has given new securities to the mariner ; it has furnished new arms to the warrior ; it has spanned great rivers and estuaries with bridges of form unknown to our fathers ; it has guided the thunderbolt innocuously from heaven to earth ; it has lighted up the night with the splendor of the day; it has extended the range of the human vision ; it has multiplied the power of...
Página 275 - To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to provide man with what he requires while he continues to be man. The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to supply our vulgar wants. The former aim was noble; but the latter was attainable.