The Works of James Russell Lowell, Volume 11Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1892 - American literature |
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... Greek . His lan- guage even has caught the accent of the ancient world . When he makes our English search her coffers round , it is not for any home - made orna- ments , and his commentators are fain to unravel some of his syntax by the ...
... Greek . His lan- guage even has caught the accent of the ancient world . When he makes our English search her coffers round , it is not for any home - made orna- ments , and his commentators are fain to unravel some of his syntax by the ...
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... Greek res- cued by the Trojans from the island of the Cyclops , as " bolting " from the woods . Dryden , in making verse the vehicle of good sense and argument rather than of passion and in- tuition , affords but an indication of the ...
... Greek res- cued by the Trojans from the island of the Cyclops , as " bolting " from the woods . Dryden , in making verse the vehicle of good sense and argument rather than of passion and in- tuition , affords but an indication of the ...
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... Greek - speaking men ? To give the same lift to the fancy and feeling ? Goldsmith unconsciously gave them the right praise when he said they had " caught the spirit " of the elder poet . I remem- ber hearing Emerson say some thirty ...
... Greek - speaking men ? To give the same lift to the fancy and feeling ? Goldsmith unconsciously gave them the right praise when he said they had " caught the spirit " of the elder poet . I remem- ber hearing Emerson say some thirty ...
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... Greek , and the Latin . I have given them that order of precedence which they had in the minds of those our pious founders . The Hebrew came first because they believed that it had been spoken by God himself , and that it would have ...
... Greek , and the Latin . I have given them that order of precedence which they had in the minds of those our pious founders . The Hebrew came first because they believed that it had been spoken by God himself , and that it would have ...
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... Greek and Latin Classics as the canonical books of that infallible Church of Culture outside of which there could be no salvation , none , at least , that was orthodox . Indeed , I am not sure that I have wholly emancipated myself even ...
... Greek and Latin Classics as the canonical books of that infallible Church of Culture outside of which there could be no salvation , none , at least , that was orthodox . Indeed , I am not sure that I have wholly emancipated myself even ...
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Page 199 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Page 221 - Had fed the feeling of their masters' thoughts, And every sweetness that inspired their hearts, Their minds, and muses on admired themes ; If all the heavenly quintessence they still From their immortal flowers of poesy, Wherein, as in a mirror, we perceive The highest reaches of a human wit ; If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness, Yet should there hover in their restless heads One thought, one grace, one wonder, at the least, Which into words no virtue can...
Page 224 - The reluctant pangs of abdicating royalty in Edward furnished hints, which Shakspeare scarcely improved in his Richard the Second ; and the death-scene of Marlowe's king moves pity and terror beyond any scene, ancient or modern, with which I am acquainted.
Page 72 - But the Nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet loud music out of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say...
Page 151 - The harmony of their tongues hath into bondage Brought my too diligent ear : for several virtues Have I liked several women ; never any With so full soul, but some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed, And put it to the foil : but you, O you, So perfect, and so peerless, are created Of every creature's best.
Page 314 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 40 - Berkley's roof that ring, Shrieks of an agonizing king ! She-wolf of France, with unrelenting fangs, That tear'st the bowels of thy mangled mate, From thee be born, who o'er thy country hangs The scourge of heaven. What terrors round him wait ! Amazement in his van, with flight combined, And sorrow's faded form, and solitude behind.
Page 230 - And kill sick people groaning under walls; Sometimes I go about and poison wells; And now and then, to cherish Christian thieves, I am content to lose some of my crowns, That I may, walking in my gallery, See 'em go pinioned along by my door.
Page 235 - I'll leap up to my God! Who pulls me down? See, see where Christ's blood streams in the firmament! One drop would save my soul, half a drop, ah, my Christ!
Page 289 - Spit, fire! spout, rain! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then, let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and despis'd old man.