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... Infinite — The Greatest Compliment— " Let me not live after my flame lacks oil " —Where Pathos almost Touches the Grotesque — IX . An Innovator and Iconoclast — Disregard of the Unities " —Nature Forgets — Violation of the Classic Model ...
... Infinite — The Greatest Compliment— " Let me not live after my flame lacks oil " —Where Pathos almost Touches the Grotesque — IX . An Innovator and Iconoclast — Disregard of the Unities " —Nature Forgets — Violation of the Classic Model ...
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... infinite , and in this Shakespeare exceeds all others . You will remember the description given of the voyage of Paris in search of Helen : " The seas and winds , old wranglers , made a truce , And did him service ; he touched the ports ...
... infinite , and in this Shakespeare exceeds all others . You will remember the description given of the voyage of Paris in search of Helen : " The seas and winds , old wranglers , made a truce , And did him service ; he touched the ports ...
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... infinite— that belongs to genius . Talent is measured and mathematical — dominated by prudence and the thought of use . Genius is tropical . The creative instinct runs riot , delights in extravagance and waste , and overwhelms the ...
... infinite— that belongs to genius . Talent is measured and mathematical — dominated by prudence and the thought of use . Genius is tropical . The creative instinct runs riot , delights in extravagance and waste , and overwhelms the ...
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... . " Shakespeare was the confidant of Nature . To him she opened her " infinite book of secrecy , " and in his brain were " the hatch and brood of time . " THE XV . T HERE is in Shakespeare the mingling SHAKESPEARE . 63.
... . " Shakespeare was the confidant of Nature . To him she opened her " infinite book of secrecy , " and in his brain were " the hatch and brood of time . " THE XV . T HERE is in Shakespeare the mingling SHAKESPEARE . 63.
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... Infinite Being was to accom- plish his ends . For many years the Scotch had been ruled by the clergy . The power of the Scotch preacher was unlimited . It so happened that the religion of Scotland became synonymous with patriotism , and ...
... Infinite Being was to accom- plish his ends . For many years the Scotch had been ruled by the clergy . The power of the Scotch preacher was unlimited . It so happened that the religion of Scotland became synonymous with patriotism , and ...
Contents
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GenerationSlaveryPrinciple Sacrificed to SuccessLincolns | 173 |
stealing ChildrenII The Days of YouthHis EducationChooses | 248 |
The History of Intellectual Progress is written in the Lives | 308 |
MartyrdomThe First to die for Truth without Expectation of | 395 |
BibleEstablishment of the Mosaic CodeMoses not the Author | 519 |
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Page 93 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo.
Page 296 - Dark mother always gliding near with soft feet, Have none chanted for thee a chant of fullest welcome? Then I chant it for thee, I glorify thee above all, I bring thee a song that when thou must indeed come, come unfalteringly. Approach strong...
Page 61 - Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes: Those scraps are good deeds past; which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done...
Page 42 - This castle hath a pleasant seat ; the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses. Ban. This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his lov'd mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observ'd The air is delicate.
Page 295 - Lo, the most excellent sun so calm and haughty, The violet and purple morn with just-felt breezes, The gentle soft-born measureless light, The miracle spreading bathing all...
Page 58 - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Page 159 - ... and now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.
Page 67 - I am dying, Egypt, dying ; only I here importune death awhile, until Of many thousand kisses the poor last I lay upon thy lips.— Cleo.