Elements of CriticismF.J. Huntington, and Mason & Law, 1853 - 504 páginas |
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... thought obscure . The author , giving an attentive ear to every censure of that kind , has , in the present edition , renewed his efforts to correct every defect ; and he would gladly hope that he has not been altogether unsuc cessful ...
... thought obscure . The author , giving an attentive ear to every censure of that kind , has , in the present edition , renewed his efforts to correct every defect ; and he would gladly hope that he has not been altogether unsuc cessful ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames Abraham Mills. the thought before he can put it into words , is but ill que fied to judge whether the expression be sufficiently clear to others in that particular , he cannot avoid the taking on hira to judge for ...
Lord Henry Home Kames Abraham Mills. the thought before he can put it into words , is but ill que fied to judge whether the expression be sufficiently clear to others in that particular , he cannot avoid the taking on hira to judge for ...
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... thought struck him , that his private meditations might be publicly useful . In public , however , he would not appear in a slovenly dress ; and , therefore , he pretends not otherwise to apologise for his errors , than by observing ...
... thought struck him , that his private meditations might be publicly useful . In public , however , he would not appear in a slovenly dress ; and , therefore , he pretends not otherwise to apologise for his errors , than by observing ...
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... thought - Connected ideas varied by different causes - The will accelerates our ideas by dismissing , retards by dwelling upon , and raises by attending to their slighter connections- A melancholy tone of mind produces melancholy ideas ...
... thought - Connected ideas varied by different causes - The will accelerates our ideas by dismissing , retards by dwelling upon , and raises by attending to their slighter connections- A melancholy tone of mind produces melancholy ideas ...
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... thought , it com- monly suggests many of its connections . Among these a choice is afforded : we can insist upon one , rejecting others ; and sometimes we insist on what is commonly held the slighter connection . Where ideas are left to ...
... thought , it com- monly suggests many of its connections . Among these a choice is afforded : we can insist upon one , rejecting others ; and sometimes we insist on what is commonly held the slighter connection . Where ideas are left to ...
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Página 348 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast, Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge. And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf ning clamours in the slippery clouds...
Página 47 - My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs ; She swore, — in faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange ; 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful : She wish'd she had not heard it ; yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man...
Página 387 - There are a sort of men, whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond; And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, "I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark!
Página 84 - If Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And, when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake : 'tis true, this god did shake...
Página 310 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. « Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Página 44 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle : I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on ; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent ; That day he overcame the Nervii : — Look! in this place ran Cassius...
Página 110 - The lives of many. The cease of majesty Dies not alone; but like a gulf doth draw What's near it with it: it is a massy wheel, Fix'd on the summit of the highest mount, To whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser things Are mortis'd and adjoin'd; which, when it falls, Each small annexment, petty consequence, Attends the boisterous ruin. Never alone Did the king sigh, but with a general groan.
Página 419 - With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Página 110 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Página 397 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.