The Works of George Chapman ...Chatto and Windus, 1875 |
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Page x
... bear manifestly more likeness to the deformities of a giant than to the malformations of a dwarf , to the overstrained muscles of an athlete than to the withered limbs of a weakling . He was born between Spenser and Shakespeare , before ...
... bear manifestly more likeness to the deformities of a giant than to the malformations of a dwarf , to the overstrained muscles of an athlete than to the withered limbs of a weakling . He was born between Spenser and Shakespeare , before ...
Page xvi
... bear upon one point at once all the rays of his thought in one focus . Apart from his gift of moral imagination , Mr. Browning has in the supreme degree the qualities of a great debater or an eminent leading counsel ; his finest ...
... bear upon one point at once all the rays of his thought in one focus . Apart from his gift of moral imagination , Mr. Browning has in the supreme degree the qualities of a great debater or an eminent leading counsel ; his finest ...
Page xix
... bear upon its central object by way of direct and vivid illustration every symbol and every detail on which its light is flashed in passing . Thus in Fifine the illustration derived from a visionary retrospect of Venice , and in ...
... bear upon its central object by way of direct and vivid illustration every symbol and every detail on which its light is flashed in passing . Thus in Fifine the illustration derived from a visionary retrospect of Venice , and in ...
Page xxxviii
... content to do likewise who bear duly in mind the admirable absence of any such defect from the vivid and intense veracity of his own . If the union of active interest with superb declamation may Xxxviii ESSAY ON GEORGE CHAPMAN'S.
... content to do likewise who bear duly in mind the admirable absence of any such defect from the vivid and intense veracity of his own . If the union of active interest with superb declamation may Xxxviii ESSAY ON GEORGE CHAPMAN'S.
Page xliv
... bear down his opponent . We can imagine him setting up almost any debateable theorem as a subject for dispute in the schools of rhetoric , and main- taining his most indefensible position with as much energy and cunning of argu- ment as ...
... bear down his opponent . We can imagine him setting up almost any debateable theorem as a subject for dispute in the schools of rhetoric , and main- taining his most indefensible position with as much energy and cunning of argu- ment as ...
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Page 57 - It lies not in our power to love or hate, For will in us is overruled by Fate. When two are stripped, long ere the course begin We wish that one should lose, the other win; And one especially do we affect Of two gold ingots, like in each respect. The reason no man knows; let it suffice. What we behold is censured by our eyes.