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... grace , imprisonment , and threatening danger were bright- ened by his genial wit ; and even as he climbed the scaffold to bow beneath the headsman's ax , he gayly said , " I pray you see me safe up ; and for my coming down let me shift ...
... grace , imprisonment , and threatening danger were bright- ened by his genial wit ; and even as he climbed the scaffold to bow beneath the headsman's ax , he gayly said , " I pray you see me safe up ; and for my coming down let me shift ...
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... grace in writing that approoves his art . " 66 99 That Shakespeare was thoroughly acquainted with his art is clear from the inimitable " directions to the players put into the mouth of Hamlet . There are traditions that tell of his ...
... grace in writing that approoves his art . " 66 99 That Shakespeare was thoroughly acquainted with his art is clear from the inimitable " directions to the players put into the mouth of Hamlet . There are traditions that tell of his ...
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... grace are the qualities in which he excels . At the close of a life of poverty he died in obscurity , and in noting his death the parish register names him “ Philip Mas- singer a stranger . " ‡ John Webster is perhaps the most original ...
... grace are the qualities in which he excels . At the close of a life of poverty he died in obscurity , and in noting his death the parish register names him “ Philip Mas- singer a stranger . " ‡ John Webster is perhaps the most original ...
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... grace and animation than for portraiture of character . The glory of the English drama had almost departed ; its suppres- sion was hastened by the breaking out of the Civil War in 1642 , and by enactments of Parliament in 1642 , 1647 ...
... grace and animation than for portraiture of character . The glory of the English drama had almost departed ; its suppres- sion was hastened by the breaking out of the Civil War in 1642 , and by enactments of Parliament in 1642 , 1647 ...
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... grace . The least elaborate of his efforts are characterized by a sol- emn , stately melody of versification that satisfies the ear like the sound of a mighty organ . Apart from the energy of • " He [ Charles II . ] offered to reinstate ...
... grace . The least elaborate of his efforts are characterized by a sol- emn , stately melody of versification that satisfies the ear like the sound of a mighty organ . Apart from the energy of • " He [ Charles II . ] offered to reinstate ...
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Page 188 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth. Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 130 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Page 224 - I received one morning," says Johnson, "a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and, as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion: I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had a bottle of Madeira and a glass before...
Page 130 - Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
Page 206 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Page 183 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Page 103 - Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare...
Page 182 - Shalum, just finished for the next day's Spectator, in his hand. Such a mark of national respect was due to the unsullied statesman, to the accomplished scholar, to the master of pure English eloquence, to the consummate painter of life and manners. It was due, above all, to the great satirist, who alone knew how to use ridicule without abusing it, who, without inflicting a wound, effected a great social reform, and who reconciled wit and virtue, after a long and disastrous separation, during which...
Page 349 - Several Poems, compiled with great variety of wit and learning, full of delight...
Page 136 - It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages compared with which the finest declamations \ of Burke sink into insignificance.