Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 pagini |
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... less de- gree of interest attached to the different changes of appearance . The mere suddenness of the transition , the mere baulking our expectations , and turning them abruptly into another chan- nel , seems to give additional ...
... less de- gree of interest attached to the different changes of appearance . The mere suddenness of the transition , the mere baulking our expectations , and turning them abruptly into another chan- nel , seems to give additional ...
Pagina 6
... less admirable ; and Joseph Surface's cant maxims of morality , when once disarmed of their power to do hurt , become suffi- ciently ludicrous . We laugh at that in others which is a se- rious matter to ourselves ; because our self ...
... less admirable ; and Joseph Surface's cant maxims of morality , when once disarmed of their power to do hurt , become suffi- ciently ludicrous . We laugh at that in others which is a se- rious matter to ourselves ; because our self ...
Pagina 13
... less , the mean more light and worthless ; or to divert our admiration or wean our affections from that which is lofty and impressive , instead of producing a more intense admiration and exalted passion , as poetry does . Wit may ...
... less , the mean more light and worthless ; or to divert our admiration or wean our affections from that which is lofty and impressive , instead of producing a more intense admiration and exalted passion , as poetry does . Wit may ...
Pagina 21
... less surprising , in proportion as the thought suggested is more com- plete and satisfactory , from its being inherent in the nature of the things themselves . Hæret lateri lethalis arundo . Truth LECTURE 1. ] 21 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... less surprising , in proportion as the thought suggested is more com- plete and satisfactory , from its being inherent in the nature of the things themselves . Hæret lateri lethalis arundo . Truth LECTURE 1. ] 21 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
Pagina 26
... less amusing description sometimes march off with the wrongs and rights of mankind in their pockets ! I have heard no bad judge of such matters say , that " he liked a comedy better than a tragedy , a farce better than a comedy , a ...
... less amusing description sometimes march off with the wrongs and rights of mankind in their pockets ! I have heard no bad judge of such matters say , that " he liked a comedy better than a tragedy , a farce better than a comedy , a ...
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Pagina 7 - Never, lago. Like to the Pontic sea, Whose icy current and compulsive course Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due on To the Propontic and the Hellespont ; Even so my bloody thoughts, with violent pace, Shall ne'er look back, ne'er ebb to humble love. Till that a capable and wide revenge Swallow them up. — Now, by yond marble heaven, In the due reverence of a sacred vow {Kneels, I here engage my words.
Pagina 145 - I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous Boy, The sleepless Soul that perished in his pride; Of Him who walked in glory and in joy Following his plough, along the mountain-side : By our own spirits are we deified : We poets in our youth begin in gladness; But thereof come in the end despondency and madness.
Pagina 5 - The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven ; And, as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation, and a name. Such tricks hath strong imagination, That, if it would but apprehend some joy, It comprehends some bringer of that joy; Or, in the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear ! Hip.
Pagina 107 - Attract his slender feet. The foodless wilds Pour forth their brown inhabitants. The hare, Though timorous of heart, and hard beset By death in various forms, dark snares, and dogs, And more unpitying men, the garden seeks, Urged on by fearless want.
Pagina 73 - From Heaven they fabled, thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the crystal battlements: from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith, like a falling star, On Lemnos, the Aegean isle.
Pagina 88 - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Pagina 208 - Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty, seem'd lords of all ; And worthy seem'd : for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure, Severe, but in true filial freedom...
Pagina 6 - O now, for ever, Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war...
Pagina 62 - Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her. Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale?
Pagina 205 - And purple all the ground with vernal flowers. Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy...