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... George Eliot analyzed Rosamond Vincy , than he could have vivisected Camp or Maida ' . To some extent , therefore , Scott's pictures of women remain something in the style of the miniatures of the last age - bright and beautiful beings ...
... George Eliot analyzed Rosamond Vincy , than he could have vivisected Camp or Maida ' . To some extent , therefore , Scott's pictures of women remain something in the style of the miniatures of the last age - bright and beautiful beings ...
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... GEORGE ELIOT . It will be seen then that the Novel claims almost every sphere of human interest as its own , and it has this special character , that it is the only kind of literature in which women have done excellently . cylent ...
... GEORGE ELIOT . It will be seen then that the Novel claims almost every sphere of human interest as its own , and it has this special character , that it is the only kind of literature in which women have done excellently . cylent ...
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... GEORGE ELIOT ( Mrs. Lewes ) .- Black . Mag . , vs. 85 , 87 , 100 , 103 , and 112 ; Ed . Rev. , vs. 110 , 124 , and 128 ; West . Rev. , vs. 74 , 86 , and 90 ; Contem . Rev. , vs. 3 , 8 , and 20 ; N. Br . Rev. , v . 45 ; Macmillan , May ...
... GEORGE ELIOT ( Mrs. Lewes ) .- Black . Mag . , vs. 85 , 87 , 100 , 103 , and 112 ; Ed . Rev. , vs. 110 , 124 , and 128 ; West . Rev. , vs. 74 , 86 , and 90 ; Contem . Rev. , vs. 3 , 8 , and 20 ; N. Br . Rev. , v . 45 ; Macmillan , May ...
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... George Eliot . " We feel that , however much we may admire the other great English novelists , there is none who would make the study of George Eliot superfluous . The sphere which she made her own is that quiet ... George Eliot's . 291.
... George Eliot . " We feel that , however much we may admire the other great English novelists , there is none who would make the study of George Eliot superfluous . The sphere which she made her own is that quiet ... George Eliot's . 291.
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... George Eliot is mentioned , it calls up , to me at least , and , I suspect , to most readers , not so much her later and more ambitious works , as the exquisite series of scenes so lovingly and vividly presented in the earlier stage ...
... George Eliot is mentioned , it calls up , to me at least , and , I suspect , to most readers , not so much her later and more ambitious works , as the exquisite series of scenes so lovingly and vividly presented in the earlier stage ...
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Page 398 - The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
Page 438 - Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere; Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Page 410 - Away! away! for I will fly to thee, Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards, But on the viewless wings of Poesy, Though the dull brain perplexes and retards: Already with thee! tender is the night, And haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne, Clustered around by all her starry Fays...
Page 410 - I cannot see what flowers are at my feet, Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs, But, in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet...
Page 410 - Darkling I listen; and for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain To thy high requiem become a sod.
Page 216 - Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease ; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear like the Turk no brother near the throne ,• View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer...
Page 437 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 197 - Twas at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son : Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne...
Page 262 - Guid faith he mauna fa' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher rank than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that ; That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a
Page 421 - ... human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'da ghastly dew From the nations...