The Masterpieces and the History of Literature: Analysis, Criticism, Character and Incident, Volumen6Julian Hawthorne Hamilton Book Company, 1902 |
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... light , and compare us not with any city , but with that of Sparta , which many praise moderately , but some speak of as if demi - gods governed that republic , we shall be found to have left them farther behind in beneficence towards ...
... light , and compare us not with any city , but with that of Sparta , which many praise moderately , but some speak of as if demi - gods governed that republic , we shall be found to have left them farther behind in beneficence towards ...
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... light the sacred pyre , And Perseus ' daughter , Hecate , appease With honey , sweetest labor of the bees . This done , retreat , -nor , while the relics burn , Let howling dogs provoke thee to return , Nor human footsteps ; lest thou ...
... light the sacred pyre , And Perseus ' daughter , Hecate , appease With honey , sweetest labor of the bees . This done , retreat , -nor , while the relics burn , Let howling dogs provoke thee to return , Nor human footsteps ; lest thou ...
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... light skipping o'er the meadow bounds . She fears the secrets of her soul betrayed , And her sire's vengeance for her proffered aid . Her handmaids , conscious of her crimes , she fears ; Her eyes fierce flames emit , loud murmurs fill ...
... light skipping o'er the meadow bounds . She fears the secrets of her soul betrayed , And her sire's vengeance for her proffered aid . Her handmaids , conscious of her crimes , she fears ; Her eyes fierce flames emit , loud murmurs fill ...
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... light and smaller , When Thou , so vast in essence , art a king supreme forever . Nor upon Earth is any work done without Thee , O Spirit ! Nor at the Æther's utmost height divine , nor in the Ocean , Save whatsoe'er the infatuate work ...
... light and smaller , When Thou , so vast in essence , art a king supreme forever . Nor upon Earth is any work done without Thee , O Spirit ! Nor at the Æther's utmost height divine , nor in the Ocean , Save whatsoe'er the infatuate work ...
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... light of the Roman satirist . He looked , and what he saw made him a pessimist of the severest type . Righteous indignation drove him to declamatory verse . He became the scourger of gross and open vices , encouraged by the example of a ...
... light of the Roman satirist . He looked , and what he saw made him a pessimist of the severest type . Righteous indignation drove him to declamatory verse . He became the scourger of gross and open vices , encouraged by the example of a ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Addison Æsop Alceste beauty behold born burlesque called character charms Church comedy court death Demosthenes drama Dryden English eyes fair fame father favor fear fool fortune French friends Gabriello Chiabrera genius give Greek hand hath heart Heaven honor Hôtel de Rambouillet Hudibras humor hunchback immortal John Vanbrugh Jour king L'École des Femmes lady Latin laugh learned Les Précieuses Ridicules literary literature live look lord Louis XIV madam Madame de Sévigné master mind Molière Molière's nature never night noble nymphs o'er orator Ortiz passion Paul Scarron person plays poem poet poetry praise prince prose queen Quintilian reign Restoration Roman satire Scarron Shakespeare song soon soul speak style sweet Tartuffe Telemachus tell Tharaw theatre thee things thou thought vanity verse virtue widow William Wycherley words write wrote youth
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Página 318 - Now strike the golden lyre again : A louder yet, and yet a louder strain. Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark, the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead, And amazed, he stares around. Revenge ! revenge...
Página 314 - In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ;* A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long...
Página 289 - Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of Errant Saints, whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant...
Página 284 - Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be.
Página 364 - Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Página 315 - TWAS at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne...
Página 316 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fair...
Página 362 - And screams of horror rend th' affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast When husbands, or when lap-dogs, breathe their last; Or when rich China vessels, fallen from high, In glittering dust and painted fragments lie! " Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine...
Página 332 - But being ill-used by the above-mentioned widow, he was very serious for a year and a half ; and though, his temper being naturally jovial, he at last got over it, he grew careless of himself, and never dressed afterwards. He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the same cut that were in fashion at the time of his repulse...
Página 316 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung: Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes; Sound the trumpets, beat the drums; Flush'd with a purple grace, He shows his honest face; Now give the hautboys breath: he comes! he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain ; Bacchus...