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something more that might be men“ tioned , were it not needless to go deep “ into
the character of a dead man ”is all the information we draw from it ; information
not momentous enough to make us regret the want of more . The manner in ...
something more that might be men“ tioned , were it not needless to go deep “ into
the character of a dead man ”is all the information we draw from it ; information
not momentous enough to make us regret the want of more . The manner in ...
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Comparison of the works themselves - All distinguished by good morals and
good sense - - The latter particularly shewn in the management of character .
Prose Style Its general features Plainness and facility - - Grave banter - Instances
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Comparison of the works themselves - All distinguished by good morals and
good sense - - The latter particularly shewn in the management of character .
Prose Style Its general features Plainness and facility - - Grave banter - Instances
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Where the character of a gentleman is introduced , we generally find it supported
without affectation or constraint , and often with so much truth , animation , and
dignity , that we forget ourselves into a longing to behold and converse with the ...
Where the character of a gentleman is introduced , we generally find it supported
without affectation or constraint , and often with so much truth , animation , and
dignity , that we forget ourselves into a longing to behold and converse with the ...
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It is by the repetition of such strokes as these , refined , yet simple , unforeseen ,
yet obviously natural , and appearing , when once observed , inseparable from
the character , that fictitious portraits assume an air of biographical truth : thus it is
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It is by the repetition of such strokes as these , refined , yet simple , unforeseen ,
yet obviously natural , and appearing , when once observed , inseparable from
the character , that fictitious portraits assume an air of biographical truth : thus it is
...
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The character of Francis Osbaldistone is not too insipidly immaculate to engage
sympathy or awaken curiosity ; but it wants that commanding interest which
should surround the first personage of a novel ; and the reason is , that in almost
every ...
The character of Francis Osbaldistone is not too insipidly immaculate to engage
sympathy or awaken curiosity ; but it wants that commanding interest which
should surround the first personage of a novel ; and the reason is , that in almost
every ...
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Página 54 - Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Página 3 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Página 9 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Página 4 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Página 8 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Página 1 - ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD / THE CURFEW tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
Página 104 - Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace. With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost.
Página 2 - The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed...
Página 7 - E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn...
Página 5 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...
Informação bibliográfica
| Título | A Criticism of the Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Edição 53 de British culture series Edição 53 de British culture series, Group I Edição 6 de Eighteenth century sources for the study of English literature, r. 229 |
| Autor | John Young |
| Edição | 2, reimpressão |
| Editora | J. Ballantyne and Company, 1810 |
| Original de | Universidade de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 1 Ago 2007 |
| Número de páginas | 148 páginas |
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