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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... question which has more than once been asked , How many volumes will the Library consist of ? the Editor can only say that this is a point which the public must de- cide . The work may be continued as long as the materials hold out ...
... question which has more than once been asked , How many volumes will the Library consist of ? the Editor can only say that this is a point which the public must de- cide . The work may be continued as long as the materials hold out ...
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... question . The " Defence of Poesy " is certainly one of the purest and most brilliant gems in the coronet of English litera- ture ; while the " Table - Talk , " for its admi- rable good - sense , its shrewdness of remark , and its ...
... question . The " Defence of Poesy " is certainly one of the purest and most brilliant gems in the coronet of English litera- ture ; while the " Table - Talk , " for its admi- rable good - sense , its shrewdness of remark , and its ...
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... 254 Prophecies 255 Proverbs 255 Question 256 Reason 256 Retaliation 257 Reverence 258 Non - Residency 258 Religion 259 Sabbath 265 Sacrament 266 Page Salvation State 267 267 Superstition 268 Subsidies 268 Simony CONTENTS . xiii.
... 254 Prophecies 255 Proverbs 255 Question 256 Reason 256 Retaliation 257 Reverence 258 Non - Residency 258 Religion 259 Sabbath 265 Sacrament 266 Page Salvation State 267 267 Superstition 268 Subsidies 268 Simony CONTENTS . xiii.
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... question , Sidney stood man- fully forward to defend the character of his father , who had been charged with some act of arbitrary authority in his government of Ireland ; and he not only succeeded in conciliating the queen , over whom ...
... question , Sidney stood man- fully forward to defend the character of his father , who had been charged with some act of arbitrary authority in his government of Ireland ; and he not only succeeded in conciliating the queen , over whom ...
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... , which still are compassed within the circle of a question , ac- cording to the proposed matter . The physician weigheth the nature of man's body , and the nature of things helpful and hurtful unto it . And 12 THE DEFENCE OF POESY .
... , which still are compassed within the circle of a question , ac- cording to the proposed matter . The physician weigheth the nature of man's body , and the nature of things helpful and hurtful unto it . And 12 THE DEFENCE OF POESY .
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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...