The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Sir Philip Sidney's Defence of poesy; Selden's Table-talkHilliard & Brown, 1831 |
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... eyes , " the paragon whom the warrior sought to rival in the bril- liancy of his exploits , and the fair to bind with love- knots to the triumphal car of beauty . This accomplished person was born on the 29th of November , 1554 , at ...
... eyes , " the paragon whom the warrior sought to rival in the bril- liancy of his exploits , and the fair to bind with love- knots to the triumphal car of beauty . This accomplished person was born on the 29th of November , 1554 , at ...
Página xvii
... eyes of a delicate time , than come upon the stage of the world with any manner of dis- paragement , the mischance of sickness having cast such a veil over her excellent beauty , as the modesty of that sex doth many times upon their ...
... eyes of a delicate time , than come upon the stage of the world with any manner of dis- paragement , the mischance of sickness having cast such a veil over her excellent beauty , as the modesty of that sex doth many times upon their ...
Página xxxv
... eyes of Elizabeth ; and her acute- ness was probably assisted by private information from Drake , who appears to have become dissatisfied with the division of power to which , at the outset of the business , he had most cordially ...
... eyes of Elizabeth ; and her acute- ness was probably assisted by private information from Drake , who appears to have become dissatisfied with the division of power to which , at the outset of the business , he had most cordially ...
Página xxxix
... eyes at the bottle . Which Sir Philip perceiving , took it from his head , before he drank , and delivered it to the poor man , with these words , ' Thy necessity is yet greater than mine . ' " * * This affecting scene supplied the late ...
... eyes at the bottle . Which Sir Philip perceiving , took it from his head , before he drank , and delivered it to the poor man , with these words , ' Thy necessity is yet greater than mine . ' " * * This affecting scene supplied the late ...
Página xlii
... eye , tongue , ` sword . " He was in many respects at once the Marcellus and the Mæcenas of the English nation . He was the intimate friend and most liberal benefactor of Spenser ; and that preëmi- nent bard repaid his debt of gratitude ...
... eye , tongue , ` sword . " He was in many respects at once the Marcellus and the Mæcenas of the English nation . He was the intimate friend and most liberal benefactor of Spenser ; and that preëmi- nent bard repaid his debt of gratitude ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
abused act of parliament Æneas Æsop amongst Answer Aristotle Ben Jonson betwixt bishops called canon law canons cause Christ Christian church church of Rome civil clergy common confess conscience court DEFENCE OF POESY delight divine doth earl England English excellent father fault gentleman give govern Greek hath hear honor imitation Jews JOHN SELDEN judge justice of peace keep king king's knowledge land laugh learning live lord man's matter means ment mind minister nature never oath opinion Papists parliament person philosopher physician Plato play Plutarch poetical poetry poets pope preach presbyters priest prince Protestants queen reason religion rest Rome saith Selden Sir Philip Sidney speak TABLE-TALK teach tell thing thou tion tithes true truly truth unto verse virtue whereof words write
Passagens conhecidas
Página 29 - ... cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play and old men from the chimney corner...
Página 288 - And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so ? 23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil : but if well, why smitest thou me?
Página 9 - Poesy, therefore, is an art of imitation, for so Aristotle termeth it in his word Mimesis, that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth: to speak metaphorically, a speaking picture : with this end, to teach and delight; of this have been three several kinds.
Página xxxvi - Love my memory, cherish my friends; their faith to me may assure you they are honest. But above all, govern your will and affections, by the will and Word of your Creator; in me, beholding the end of this world, with all her vanities.
Página 39 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet; and yet it is sung but by some blind crowder, with no rougher voice than rude style; which being so evil apparelled in the dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age, what would it work, trimmed in the gorgeous eloquence of Pindar?
Página 14 - ... the highest end of the mistress-knowledge, by the Greeks called ttfjXiTrx-covixi], which stands, as I think, in the knowledge of a man's self; in the ethic and politic consideration, with the end of well-doing, and not of well-knowing only...
Página 16 - The historian scarcely giveth leisure to the moralist to say so much, but that he, loaden with old mouse-eaten records, authorizing himself (for the most part) upon other histories, whose greatest authorities are built upon the notable foundation of hearsay, having much ado to accord differing writers, and to pick truth out of partiality...
Página 19 - Now doth the peerless poet perform both; for whatsoever the philosopher saith should be done, he giveth a perfect picture of it in some one by whom he presupposeth it was done, so as he coupleth the general notion with the particular example.
Página 67 - Afric of the other, and so many other underkingdoms, that the player, when he comes in, must ever begin with telling where he is, or else the tale will not be conceived. Now ye shall have three ladies walk to gather flowers, and then we must believe the stage to be a garden. By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock.
Página 179 - KINO is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness' sake : just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat...