Shelburne Essays: With the witsPutnam, 1919 |
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... Look upon these cheeks , And thou shalt find the hot and rising blood Unapt for such a vow . No ; in this heart There dwells as much desire and as much will To put that wish'd act in practice as e'er yet Was known to woman ; and they ...
... Look upon these cheeks , And thou shalt find the hot and rising blood Unapt for such a vow . No ; in this heart There dwells as much desire and as much will To put that wish'd act in practice as e'er yet Was known to woman ; and they ...
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... look still further into the past ; we must go from The Maid's Tragedy or Valentinian to such a play as Romeo and Juliet , and from that to such a play as the Euripidean Hippolytus . Euripides has built up his plot on a manifesta- tion ...
... look still further into the past ; we must go from The Maid's Tragedy or Valentinian to such a play as Romeo and Juliet , and from that to such a play as the Euripidean Hippolytus . Euripides has built up his plot on a manifesta- tion ...
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... looks higher , and knows that the integrity of her character depends on her will to withstand these dæmonic assaults . " My mind , " she says , " has been broken by unholy loves , by a terrible disease from Aphrodite . " And at the end ...
... looks higher , and knows that the integrity of her character depends on her will to withstand these dæmonic assaults . " My mind , " she says , " has been broken by unholy loves , by a terrible disease from Aphrodite . " And at the end ...
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... look back ; you shall not stay , not a minute . Dem . I must have one farewell more . Cel . No , the drums beat ; I dare not slack your honour ; not a hand more , Only this look ; the gods preserve and save ye . All these excellences ...
... look back ; you shall not stay , not a minute . Dem . I must have one farewell more . Cel . No , the drums beat ; I dare not slack your honour ; not a hand more , Only this look ; the gods preserve and save ye . All these excellences ...
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... scouted by any woman of our present world who should chance upon its pages . Yet I gravely suspect that it speaks the shrewd truth , and that a young wo- man who looks for substantial happiness may still profit by 44 WITH THE WITS.
... scouted by any woman of our present world who should chance upon its pages . Yet I gravely suspect that it speaks the shrewd truth , and that a young wo- man who looks for substantial happiness may still profit by 44 WITH THE WITS.
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Página 146 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Página 117 - In Pope I cannot read a line, But with a sigh I wish it mine; When he can in one couplet fix More sense than I can do in six; It gives me such a jealous fit, I cry, "Pox take him and his wit!
Página 195 - Some truths there are so near and obvious to the mind that a man need only open his eyes to see them. Such I take this important one to be, viz. that all the choir of heaven and furniture of the earth, in a word all those bodies which compose the mighty frame of the world, have not any subsistence without a mind...
Página 260 - He knew every branch of history, both natural and civil ; had read all the original historians of England, France, and Italy; and was a great antiquarian. Criticism, metaphysics, morals, politics, made a principal part of his study ; voyages and travels of all sorts were his favourite amusements : and he had a fine taste in painting, prints, architecture, and gardening.
Página 133 - New distant scenes of endless science rise. So pleased at first the towering Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky ; The eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way ; The increasing prospect tires our wandering eyes, Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise...
Página 290 - They are not long, the weeping and the laughter, Love and desire and hate: I think they have no portion in us after We pass the gate. They are not long, the days of wine and roses: Out of a misty dream Our path emerges for a while, then closes Within a dream.
Página 293 - LAST night ah, yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine There fell thy shadow, Cynara! thy breath was shed Upon my soul between the kisses and the wine; And I was desolate and sick of an old passion, Yea, I was desolate and bowed my head: I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion.
Página 183 - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as...
Página 131 - In the morning, after the priest had given him the last sacraments, he said, "There is nothing that is meritorious but virtue and friendship, and indeed friendship itself is only a part of virtue.
Página 127 - After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwise than by asking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found...