Elementary Guide to Literary CriticismGinn, 1903 - 195 páginas |
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... novel , it is capable of a high degree of excellence . Some of the greatest Eng- lish writers , as we have seen , have been critics . a few of the critical essays of De Quincey , Macaulay , Carlyle , Arnold , Lowell , and others , have ...
... novel , it is capable of a high degree of excellence . Some of the greatest Eng- lish writers , as we have seen , have been critics . a few of the critical essays of De Quincey , Macaulay , Carlyle , Arnold , Lowell , and others , have ...
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... novels are filled with the scenes and characters of her early life ; and Dickens's best novel , " David Copperfield , ” is largely autobiographical . An author's best work - that which possesses the greatest degree of interest and vital ...
... novels are filled with the scenes and characters of her early life ; and Dickens's best novel , " David Copperfield , ” is largely autobiographical . An author's best work - that which possesses the greatest degree of interest and vital ...
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... novels are different from those of either Scott or Dickens . Bryant's clear descriptions of nature stand in striking contrast with Poe's mystical melodies . 23. Mood and Purpose . It is important to understand the mood and purpose of an ...
... novels are different from those of either Scott or Dickens . Bryant's clear descriptions of nature stand in striking contrast with Poe's mystical melodies . 23. Mood and Purpose . It is important to understand the mood and purpose of an ...
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... of the death of little Nell in " Old Curiosity Shop . " Irving's story of “ The Broken Heart " is deeply pathetic . The deathbed scene of Colonel Newcome in Thackeray's great novel is notable SOME ESTHETIC PRINCIPLES 43.
... of the death of little Nell in " Old Curiosity Shop . " Irving's story of “ The Broken Heart " is deeply pathetic . The deathbed scene of Colonel Newcome in Thackeray's great novel is notable SOME ESTHETIC PRINCIPLES 43.
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Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter. scene of Colonel Newcome in Thackeray's great novel is notable for its simple pathos : " At the usual even- ing hour the chapel bell began to toll , and Thomas Newcome's hands outside the bed feebly ...
Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter. scene of Colonel Newcome in Thackeray's great novel is notable for its simple pathos : " At the usual even- ing hour the chapel bell began to toll , and Thomas Newcome's hands outside the bed feebly ...
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Página 127 - If thou shouldst never see my face again, Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day.
Página 127 - There is a Power whose care teaches thy way along that pathless coast, the desert and illimitable air — lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, at that far height, the cold thin atmosphere, yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, though the dark night is near.
Página 100 - It happened one day about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen in the sand. I stood like one thunderstruck, or as if I had seen an apparition.
Página 126 - IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration...
Página 88 - He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honorable man.
Página 141 - Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.
Página 125 - Father, Thy hand Hath reared these venerable columns. Thou Didst weave this verdant roof. Thou didst look down Upon the naked earth, and forthwith rose All these fair ranks of trees.
Página 73 - Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow! You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout Till you have drench'd our steeples, drown'd the cocks! You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, Vaunt-couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head! And thou all-shaking thunder, Strike flat the thick rotundity o
Página 66 - I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors...
Página 142 - JENNY kissed me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in; Time, you thief, who love to get Sweets into your list, put that in! Say I'm weary, say I'm sad, Say that health and wealth have missed me, Say I'm growing old, but add, Jenny kissed me.