The Works of George Chapman ...Chatto and Windus, 1875 |
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Page xii
... divine discipline of poesy , that a man may well fear to frequent their walks . The profane multitude I hate , and only consecrate my strange poems to those searching spirits whom learning hath made noble , and nobility sacred . " And ...
... divine discipline of poesy , that a man may well fear to frequent their walks . The profane multitude I hate , and only consecrate my strange poems to those searching spirits whom learning hath made noble , and nobility sacred . " And ...
Page xxix
... divine advice , ' are models of the simple , luminous , and fervent style of poetry proper to romantic comedy at its highest . A noble passage in the fifth act of this play contains , as far as I know , the first direct protest against ...
... divine advice , ' are models of the simple , luminous , and fervent style of poetry proper to romantic comedy at its highest . A noble passage in the fifth act of this play contains , as far as I know , the first direct protest against ...
Page lii
... divine patron Homer , who told him , as he says , ' that he was angel to me , star , and fate . ' " Thou must not undervalue what thou hast , In weighing it with that which more is graced ; The worth that weigheth inward should not long ...
... divine patron Homer , who told him , as he says , ' that he was angel to me , star , and fate . ' " Thou must not undervalue what thou hast , In weighing it with that which more is graced ; The worth that weigheth inward should not long ...
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... divine fragment of Marlowe . As well might we look now to find a sculptor who could worthily restore for us the arms of the Venus of Melos - ' Our Lady of Beauty , ' as Heine said when lying at her feet stricken to death , who has no ...
... divine fragment of Marlowe . As well might we look now to find a sculptor who could worthily restore for us the arms of the Venus of Melos - ' Our Lady of Beauty , ' as Heine said when lying at her feet stricken to death , who has no ...
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... divine and dangerous spring , seems at times under its influence to move and speak as under some Circean transformation . The learning of Jonson , doubtless far wider and sounder than that of Chapman , never allowed or allured him to ...
... divine and dangerous spring , seems at times under its influence to move and speak as under some Circean transformation . The learning of Jonson , doubtless far wider and sounder than that of Chapman , never allowed or allured him to ...
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Page 57 - It lies not in our power to love or hate, For will in us is overruled by Fate. When two are stripped, long ere the course begin We wish that one should lose, the other win; And one especially do we affect Of two gold ingots, like in each respect. The reason no man knows; let it suffice. What we behold is censured by our eyes.