Quarterly Review, Volume 105John Murray, 1859 |
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... labour bestowed upon it is put forward with so little ostentation . Not a single knot of comment breaks the thread of the poet's argument . We find , on examination , that a rare skill has been spent in the en- deavour to set down ...
... labour bestowed upon it is put forward with so little ostentation . Not a single knot of comment breaks the thread of the poet's argument . We find , on examination , that a rare skill has been spent in the en- deavour to set down ...
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... labour in proportion to its difficulty . The dif- ference between the two methods of depicting life will be appa- rent to any one who compares the Barabbas of Marlowe with the Shylock of Shakespeare . Barabbas was the people's chimæra ...
... labour in proportion to its difficulty . The dif- ference between the two methods of depicting life will be appa- rent to any one who compares the Barabbas of Marlowe with the Shylock of Shakespeare . Barabbas was the people's chimæra ...
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... labour further on the text for his private amuse- ment . Since , however , he does not speak with a sustained autho- rity , his alterations can only rest on their own merits . Misled by a natural partiality for his own discovery , and ...
... labour further on the text for his private amuse- ment . Since , however , he does not speak with a sustained autho- rity , his alterations can only rest on their own merits . Misled by a natural partiality for his own discovery , and ...
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... labour , his habits were methodical and industrious , and his temper was said to be unambitious . He had numerous relations , but was determined to confirm the precedent of self - denial already established . In the early part of the ...
... labour , his habits were methodical and industrious , and his temper was said to be unambitious . He had numerous relations , but was determined to confirm the precedent of self - denial already established . In the early part of the ...
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... labour and capital , and as if they were the necessary cause of the industry , the wealth , and intelligence of which they are rather the expression and the result , while by the Roman conservatists they were resisted as the harbingers ...
... labour and capital , and as if they were the necessary cause of the industry , the wealth , and intelligence of which they are rather the expression and the result , while by the Roman conservatists they were resisted as the harbingers ...
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Página 49 - As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latins, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage...
Página 59 - Out upon her! Thou torturest me, Tubal: it was my turquoise ; I had it of Leah, when I was a bachelor. I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys.
Página 195 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary. and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Página 322 - Now, ever alake! my master dear, I fear a deadly storm! I saw the new moon late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm.
Página 222 - Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.
Página 180 - I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it.
Página 236 - And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them ; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Página 43 - O my love! my wife! Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty: Thou art not conquer'd; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Página 217 - Then, (said Johnson,) I will take no more physic, not even my opiates: for I have prayed that I may render up my soul to GOD unclouded.
Página 46 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an. open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions...