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... subtle lyrics were the prelude to this grand chorus of the master's . We have seen the soft fierce play of the incessant summer lightnings , between the deep sky full of passing lights and dreams , and the deep sea full of the salt seed ...
... subtle lyrics were the prelude to this grand chorus of the master's . We have seen the soft fierce play of the incessant summer lightnings , between the deep sky full of passing lights and dreams , and the deep sea full of the salt seed ...
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... subtle and deep we may recognise as due to the admixture of moral emotion and of human sentiment with the mysterious action and passion of nature . Thus in " Les Travailleurs de la Mer " the wind and 12 VICTOR HUGO :
... subtle and deep we may recognise as due to the admixture of moral emotion and of human sentiment with the mysterious action and passion of nature . Thus in " Les Travailleurs de la Mer " the wind and 12 VICTOR HUGO :
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... subtle beauty of this June landscape , where the witness could see no sympathy with the human trouble of the time , we may compare that former picture of the grim glory of a November sky after sunset , seen from the invested walls of ...
... subtle beauty of this June landscape , where the witness could see no sympathy with the human trouble of the time , we may compare that former picture of the grim glory of a November sky after sunset , seen from the invested walls of ...
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... subtle truth and sovereign insight has remarked , he " has as much delight in con- ceiving an Iago as an Imogen . " 1 For the time being , throughout the limits of his design , he maintains in awful equanimity of apparent abstraction ...
... subtle truth and sovereign insight has remarked , he " has as much delight in con- ceiving an Iago as an Imogen . " 1 For the time being , throughout the limits of his design , he maintains in awful equanimity of apparent abstraction ...
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... subtle refractions of " Les Rayons et les Ombres ; " each in es- pecial of these two latter books of song crowned by one of the most perfect lyrics in all the world of art for sweet- ness and sublimity - the former by those stanzas on ...
... subtle refractions of " Les Rayons et les Ombres ; " each in es- pecial of these two latter books of song crowned by one of the most perfect lyrics in all the world of art for sweet- ness and sublimity - the former by those stanzas on ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
admirable Æschylus ALFRED CONCANEN Arnold artist beauty better breath Byron charm clear cloth extra Coleridge colour critical Crown 8vo Cyclops Dante delight divine Duchess of Malfi Edition English Engravings evil excellence exquisite eyes face faith Fcap fiery figure fire flower folio force Ford fresh genius gilt edges give glory grace grave hand harmony head heaven Illustrations Imperial 8vo J. R. PLANCHÉ labour less light lips living lyric man's master metre mind Molière morocco nature never noble once painter painting passion pathos perfect Philistine picture Plates play poem poet poetic poetry Portrait praise pure Rossetti scene seems sense Shakespeare Shelley Shelley's Sir NOEL PATON sketch Somerset Herald song soul spirit splendid splendour stanza strength strong student style subtle sweet tender things thought Titian touch tragic truth verse Victor Hugo Vols words worth
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Página 293 - Could you on this fair mountain leave to feed, And batten on this moor? Ha! have you eyes? You cannot call it love; for at your age The heyday in the blood is tame, it's humble, And waits upon the judgment; and what judgment Would step from this to this?
Página 9 - Comic Almanack. Complete in Two SERIES : The FIRST from 1835 to 1843 ; the SECOND from 1844 to 1853. A Gathering of the BEST HUMOUR of THACKERAY, HOOD, MAYHEW, ALBERT SMITH, A'BECKETT, ROBERT BROUGH, &c. With 2,000 Woodcuts and Steel Engravings by CRUIKSHANK, HINE, LANDELLS, &c.
Página 20 - Magna Charta. An Exact Facsimile of the Original Document in the British Museum, printed on fine plate paper, nearly 3 feet long by 2 feet wide, with the Arms and Seals emblazoned in Gold and Colours. Price 5s. The Roll of Battle Abbey...
Página 28 - Sheridan's Complete Works, with Life and Anecdotes. Including his Dramatic Writings, printed from the Original Editions, his Works in Prose and Poetry, Translations, Speeches, Jokes, Puns, &c. With a Collection of Sheridaniana. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, with 10 fullpage Tinted Illustrations, 7s. 6d. Sheridan's Comedies: The Rivals, and The School for Scandal.
Página 23 - Complete in Three Vols. Vol. I. contains the Plays complete, including the doubtful ones; Vol. II. the Poems and Minor Translations, with an Introductory Essay by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE. Vol. III. the Translations of the Iliad and Odyssey. Marlowe's Works. Including his Translations. Edited, with Notes and Introduction, by Col. CUNNINGHAM. One Vol. Massinger's Plays. From the Text of WILLIAM GIFFORD. With the addition of the Tragedy of
Página 141 - Is it so small a thing To have enjoyed the sun, To have lived light in the spring, To have loved, to have thought, to have done; To have advanced true friends, and beat down baffling foes...
Página 21 - 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. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost...
Página 32 - Timbs' English Eccentrics and Eccentricities: Stories of Wealth and Fashion, Delusions, Impostures, and Fanatic Missions, Strange Sights and Sporting Scenes, Eccentric Artists, Theatrical Folks, Men of Letters, &c. By JOHN TIMBS, FSA With nearly 50 Illustrations.
Página 183 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Página 18 - LIFE IN LONDON : or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his Elegant Friend, Corinthian Tom.