Chats about Books: Poets and NovelistsScribner, 1883 - 360 pages |
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... never until the present century attained high excellence on the higher levels of art . They had given us clever letters , like Madame de Sévigné , shrewd reflections on life and books , like Madame de Staël , character sketches ...
... never until the present century attained high excellence on the higher levels of art . They had given us clever letters , like Madame de Sévigné , shrewd reflections on life and books , like Madame de Staël , character sketches ...
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... never wearied of extolling ? That this species of composition , like the drama , must be built upon a skeleton of strong and well - compacted plot , and that the outward texture must reproduce not a class , a coterie , or eccentric ...
... never wearied of extolling ? That this species of composition , like the drama , must be built upon a skeleton of strong and well - compacted plot , and that the outward texture must reproduce not a class , a coterie , or eccentric ...
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... never had the good fortune to meet such men as Deronda and Felix Holt , or such women as Romola or as Dorothea in " Middle- march . " On the other hand , in George Eliot's world all the robust , well - poised , regnant natures are ...
... never had the good fortune to meet such men as Deronda and Felix Holt , or such women as Romola or as Dorothea in " Middle- march . " On the other hand , in George Eliot's world all the robust , well - poised , regnant natures are ...
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... never sacrificed con- victions to necessities . We may fairly say that if the father of French tragedy had evinced the resolution and self - confidence of Hugo , the " Cid " would have had worthy companions , and such a direction would ...
... never sacrificed con- victions to necessities . We may fairly say that if the father of French tragedy had evinced the resolution and self - confidence of Hugo , the " Cid " would have had worthy companions , and such a direction would ...
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... never shock , and will almost always please . Whatever we may think of his method , it is certain that Racine exhausted its capacity of charm . Great critics like Boileau proclaimed the beauty of his ideal , and ap- pluaded the ...
... never shock , and will almost always please . Whatever we may think of his method , it is certain that Racine exhausted its capacity of charm . Great critics like Boileau proclaimed the beauty of his ideal , and ap- pluaded the ...
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Page 186 - All was ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow, All the aching of heart, the restless, unsatisfied longing, All the dull, deep pain, and constant anguish of patience ! And, as she pressed once more the lifeless head to her bosom, Meekly she bowed her own, and murmured,
Page 112 - All is best, though we oft doubt, What the unsearchable dispose Of highest wisdom brings about, And ever best found in the close.
Page 324 - No need hath such to live as ye name life ; That which began in him when he began Is finished: he hath wrought the purpose through Of what did make him Man. Never shall yearnings torture him, nor sins Stain him, nor ache of earthly joys and woes Invade his safe eternal peace; nor deaths And lives recur. He goes Unto NIRVANA. He is one with life Yet lives not. He is blest, ceasing to be. OM, MANI PADME, OM! the Dewdrop slips Into the shining sea ! This is the doctrine of the KARMA.
Page 104 - Retiring from the popular noise, I seek This unfrequented place to find some ease, Ease to the body some, none to the mind From restless thoughts, that, like a deadly swarm Of hornets arm'd, no sooner found alone, But rush upon me thronging, and present Times past, what once
Page 111 - Come, come, no time for lamentation now, Nor much more cause. Samson hath quit himself Like Samson, and heroicly hath finished A life heroic, on his enemies Fully revenged ; hath left them years of mourning...
Page 315 - The victim's bonds, none staying him, so great His presence was. Then, craving leave, he spake Of life, which all can take but none can give, Life, which all creatures love and strive to keep, Wonderful, dear, and pleasant unto each, Even to the meanest; yea, a boon to all Where pity is, for pity makes the world Soft to the weak and noble for the strong.
Page 105 - Ask for this great deliverer now, and find him Eyeless in Gaza, at the mill with slaves, Himself in bonds under Philistian yoke.
Page 346 - In mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe or Erra Pater ; For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve by sines and tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight ; And wisely tell what hour o' th' day The clock does strike by algebra.
Page 184 - Full of hope, and yet of heart-break, Full of all the tender pathos Of the Here and the Hereafter;— Stay and read this rude inscription, Read this Song of Hiawatha!
Page 310 - The veil is rent Which blinded me! I am as all these men Who cry upon their gods and are not heard, Or are not heeded — yet there must be aid! For them and me and all there must be help! Perchance the gods have need of help themselves, Being so feeble that when sad lips cry They cannot save!