The flowers of literature, or, Encyclopędia of anecdote, a coll. by W. Oxberry, Volume 3William Oxberry 1821 |
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Page 305
... VOLTAIRE'S comparison of Corneille to our Shakspeare , is neither judiciously nor fairly drawn . He does justice to neither . He is unable to disguise a peevish envy at his countryman's great fame , and a remarkable partial preju- dice ...
... VOLTAIRE'S comparison of Corneille to our Shakspeare , is neither judiciously nor fairly drawn . He does justice to neither . He is unable to disguise a peevish envy at his countryman's great fame , and a remarkable partial preju- dice ...
Page 306
... Voltaire informs us that this passage is always received by the audience at Paris with bursts of ap- plause , much to their credit . - The just admirers of Shak- speare may certainly find similar beauties in his plays . One occurs to me ...
... Voltaire informs us that this passage is always received by the audience at Paris with bursts of ap- plause , much to their credit . - The just admirers of Shak- speare may certainly find similar beauties in his plays . One occurs to me ...
Page 307
... Voltaire's ill - conceived criticisms . He has partly translated Shakspeare's excellent play of " Julius Cęsar , " which he ridiculously proposes to his countrymen , and all foreigners , as a proper and fair speci- men , upon which they ...
... Voltaire's ill - conceived criticisms . He has partly translated Shakspeare's excellent play of " Julius Cęsar , " which he ridiculously proposes to his countrymen , and all foreigners , as a proper and fair speci- men , upon which they ...
Page 319
... boy . " R. T. The above is nearly a translation of a Ballad of Burger's . DRAMATIC ANECDOTES OF VOLTAIRE ( NOT INSERTED IN HIS WORKS P 4 OR , ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANECDOTE . 319 "If your Highness will please just to get on ...
... boy . " R. T. The above is nearly a translation of a Ballad of Burger's . DRAMATIC ANECDOTES OF VOLTAIRE ( NOT INSERTED IN HIS WORKS P 4 OR , ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANECDOTE . 319 "If your Highness will please just to get on ...
Page 320
... Voltaire ; 66 we have no- thing more to do but to write under every page - fine - pa- thetic - harmonious — sublime . " The " Edipe " of Voltaire , though one of the first , has been considered the most brilliant of his tragedies ; and ...
... Voltaire ; 66 we have no- thing more to do but to write under every page - fine - pa- thetic - harmonious — sublime . " The " Edipe " of Voltaire , though one of the first , has been considered the most brilliant of his tragedies ; and ...
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Page 90 - Lo! the poor Indian, whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Page 295 - LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire, Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help waste a sullen day, what may be won From the hard season gaining? Time will run On smoother, till Favonius reinspire The frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun.
Page 12 - Veritate; if it be for Thy glory, I beseech Thee give me some sign from heaven ; if not, I shall suppress it.
Page 12 - I had no sooner spoken these words, but a loud, though yet gentle noise came from the heavens, (for it was like nothing on earth,) which did so comfort and cheer me, that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book.
Page 189 - He is the most diligent preacher of all other; he is never out of his diocese; he is never from his cure; ye shall never find him unoccupied; he is ever in his parish; he keepeth residence at all times; ye shall never find him out of the way: call for him when you will, he is ever at home; the diligentest preacher in all the realm; he is ever at his plough...
Page 12 - ... as granted, and that I had the sign I demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book. This, how strange soever it may seem, I protest before the eternal God is true, neither am I any way superstitiously deceived herein, since I did not only clearly hear the noise, but in the serenest sky that ever I saw, being without all cloud, did to my thinking see the place from whence it came...
Page 90 - His soul, proud Science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way; Yet simple Nature to his hope has given, Behind the cloud-topt hill, an humbler heaven; Some safer world in depth of woods embraced, Some happier island in the watery waste, Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear...
Page 92 - States. I sent you the pipe — it resembled this— and I sent it by the Missouri, that the Indians of the Mississippi might not know what we were doing. You received it I then told you that your friends should be my friends — that your enemies should be my enemies — and that I only awaited your signal to make war. If this be the conduct of an enemy, I shall never be your friend.
Page 103 - Instead of being covered with a cloud of sorrow — my warriors would have felt the sunshine of joy in their hearts. To me it would have been a most glorious occurrence. Hereafter, when I die at home, instead of a noble grave and a grand procession, the rolling music and the thundering cannon, with a...
Page 226 - The gentry and citizens had little learning of any kind, and their way of breeding up their children was suitable to the rest. They were as severe to their children as their schoolmasters, and their schoolmasters as...