The works of Hannah More, with a memoir and notes, Volumen51834 |
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... human mind - I am not even now about to deny , that of all public amusements , it is the most in- teresting , the most intellectual , and the most accom- modated to the tastes and capacities of a rational being ; nay , that it is almost ...
... human mind - I am not even now about to deny , that of all public amusements , it is the most in- teresting , the most intellectual , and the most accom- modated to the tastes and capacities of a rational being ; nay , that it is almost ...
Página viii
... human nature itself were so reformed as to render the amusements of a perfectly purified stage palatable . If the sentiments and passions exhibited were no longer accommo- dated to the sentiments and passions of the audience , corrupt ...
... human nature itself were so reformed as to render the amusements of a perfectly purified stage palatable . If the sentiments and passions exhibited were no longer accommo- dated to the sentiments and passions of the audience , corrupt ...
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... , gentleness , forgiveness . " " The fruits of the Spirit , " and the fruits of the stage , if the parallel were followed up , as it might easily be , would per- haps exhibit as pointed a contrast as human imagi- nation PREFACE . xiii.
... , gentleness , forgiveness . " " The fruits of the Spirit , " and the fruits of the stage , if the parallel were followed up , as it might easily be , would per- haps exhibit as pointed a contrast as human imagi- nation PREFACE . xiii.
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Hannah More. haps exhibit as pointed a contrast as human imagi- nation could conceive . I by no means pretend to assert that religion is excluded from tragedies ; it is often incidentally introduced ; and many a period is beautifully ...
Hannah More. haps exhibit as pointed a contrast as human imagi- nation could conceive . I by no means pretend to assert that religion is excluded from tragedies ; it is often incidentally introduced ; and many a period is beautifully ...
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... and mind of the attentive hearer become gradually imbued with the principles infused by this stated , though unfrequent attend- ance ; who , that knows any thing of the nature of the human heart , will deny how much more deep PREFACE . XV.
... and mind of the attentive hearer become gradually imbued with the principles infused by this stated , though unfrequent attend- ance ; who , that knows any thing of the nature of the human heart , will deny how much more deep PREFACE . XV.
Términos y frases comunes
amusement art thou Attilia Barce beauty Bertrand Birtha bless blest blood bon-ton bosom business wait Carthage charm chidden crime curse dare daughter dear death deed dost thou Doug Douglas dread Elwina EMMELINA Enter ev'ry Exit fair fame fate fear feel Florio fond Forgive friendship glory grace grief Guild GUILDFORD guilt Hamilcar hand hear heart heaven hero honour hope hour Julia knight Licinius Lictors little hour live lord lov'd maid Manlius marriage mercy midnight bell mind ne'er never o'er Orlando passion peace Percy pity pleasure praise pride Publius Raby Raby castle refus'd Regulus Rivers Roman Rome scene shame shew Sir Hub sorrow soul spare speak spirit sweet tale taste tears tell tender thee thou hast thought thy father tremble truth Twas twill virtue weep wounded wretched youth
Pasajes populares
Página 211 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Página 227 - FLORIO knew the WORLD ; that science Sets sense and learning at defiance ; He thought the World to him was known, Whereas he only knew the Town ; In men this blunder still you find, All think their little set — Mankind.
Página 281 - Does then the immortal principle within Change with the casual colour of a skin ? Does matter govern spirit ? or is mind Degraded by the form to which 'tis join'd ? No ; they have heads to think, and hearts to feel, And souls to act, with firm though erring zeal ; For they have keen affections, kind desires, Love strong as death, and active patriot fires ; All the rude energy, the fervid flame, Of high-soul'd passion and ingenuous shame : Strong but luxuriant virtues boldly shoot From the wild vigour...
Página 129 - GOD prosper long our noble king, Our lives and safeties all ; A woful hunting once there did In Chevy-Chase befall. To drive the deer with hound and horn Earl Percy took his way ; The child may rue that is unborn The hunting of that day.
Página 283 - E'en this last wretched boon their foes deny, To weep together, or together die. By felon hands, by one relentless stroke, See the fond links of feeling Nature broke ! The ñbres twisting round a parent's heart, Torn from their grasp, and bleeding as they part.
Página 274 - The fine wrought spirit feels acuter pains ; Where glow exalted sense and taste refin'd, There keener anguish rankles in the mind ; There, feeling is diffus'd through ev'ry part, Thrills in each nerve, and lives in all the heart ; And those whose gen'rous souls each tear would keep From other's eyes, are born themselves to weep.
Página xxxi - ... social life, And from the sacred laws which guard those blessings. Renounce the civilized abodes of man, With kindred brutes one common shelter seek In horrid wilds, and dens, and dreary caves, And with their shaggy tenants share the spoil; Or if the savage hunters miss their prey, From scattered acorns pick a scanty meal ; — Far from the sweet civilities of life ; There let him live, and vaunt his wretched freedom ; While we, obedient to the laws that guard us, Guard them, and live or die,...
Página 285 - Where were th' oppressor's rod, the captive's chaiu ?» If, then, thy troubled soul has learn'd to dread The dark unknown thy trembling footsteps tread ; On Him, who made thee what thou art, depend ; He, who withholds the means, accepts the end. Thy mental night thy Saviour will not blame, He died for those who never heard his name.
Página 289 - METHINKS the world seems oddly made, And every thing amiss ;" A dull, complaining atheist said, As stretch'd he lay beneath the shade, And instanced it in this :
Página 280 - Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs ; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And though but few can serve, yet all may please; O let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence. To spread large bounties though we wish in vain, Yet all may shun the guilt of giving pain...