The Works of George Chapman ...Chatto and Windus, 1875 |
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Page xv
... light of the one as of the other . The action of so bright and swift a spirit gives insight as it were to the eyes and wings to the feet of our own ; the reader's apprehension takes fire from the writer's , and he catches from a subtler ...
... light of the one as of the other . The action of so bright and swift a spirit gives insight as it were to the eyes and wings to the feet of our own ; the reader's apprehension takes fire from the writer's , and he catches from a subtler ...
Page xix
... light is flashed in passing . Thus in Fifine the illustration derived from a visionary retrospect of Venice , and in Sordello the superb and wonderful comparison of the mental action of a man who puts by for a season the memories in ...
... light is flashed in passing . Thus in Fifine the illustration derived from a visionary retrospect of Venice , and in Sordello the superb and wonderful comparison of the mental action of a man who puts by for a season the memories in ...
Page xxv
... light swift buoyancy of life which breathes rather of joyous strength and high - spirited health than of the fumes of ' dark death - ushering melancholy ; ' and as in matter of fact death was not ushered by melancholy or any other evil ...
... light swift buoyancy of life which breathes rather of joyous strength and high - spirited health than of the fumes of ' dark death - ushering melancholy ; ' and as in matter of fact death was not ushered by melancholy or any other evil ...
Page xxxvi
... light as that which now inclines the scale of probabilities in favour of Chapman , I should not hesitate in assigning to it the workmanship of this poem also ; but as even such a grain of proof or of likelihood as this is wanting , we ...
... light as that which now inclines the scale of probabilities in favour of Chapman , I should not hesitate in assigning to it the workmanship of this poem also ; but as even such a grain of proof or of likelihood as this is wanting , we ...
Page xliv
... light of a subtle fancy . At every page some passage of severe beauty reminds us with how great a spirit we are called to commune , and stand in the presence of how proud and profound a mind . His equal love for the depths and the ...
... light of a subtle fancy . At every page some passage of severe beauty reminds us with how great a spirit we are called to commune , and stand in the presence of how proud and profound a mind . His equal love for the depths and the ...
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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.