The Works of George Chapman ...Chatto and Windus, 1875 |
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Page xxix
... honour ; which are laws That carry fire and sword within themselves , Never corrupted , never out of rule : What is there in a prince that his least lusts Are valued at the lives of other men , When common faults in him should prodigies ...
... honour ; which are laws That carry fire and sword within themselves , Never corrupted , never out of rule : What is there in a prince that his least lusts Are valued at the lives of other men , When common faults in him should prodigies ...
Page xlix
... Honour ; there is a certain hardness in the simplicity of tone , a certain rigidity in the sharp masculine lineaments of style and character , common to much of his work when free from the taint of crabbed or bombastic obscurity . The ...
... Honour ; there is a certain hardness in the simplicity of tone , a certain rigidity in the sharp masculine lineaments of style and character , common to much of his work when free from the taint of crabbed or bombastic obscurity . The ...
Page lvii
... honour to his name . He had kindled a fire which the changing winds of time were not to put out , the veering breath of taste and opinion was never to blow upon so hard but that some would return to warm themselves at its heat and to ...
... honour to his name . He had kindled a fire which the changing winds of time were not to put out , the veering breath of taste and opinion was never to blow upon so hard but that some would return to warm themselves at its heat and to ...
Page lxxv
... HONOURED FRIEND , MR . GEORGE CHAP- MAN , ON HIS TRANSLATION OF HESIOD'S WORKS AND DAYS . WHOSE work could this be ... honour and our wealth the more ! If all the vulgar tongues that speak this day Were ask'd of thy discoveries , they ...
... HONOURED FRIEND , MR . GEORGE CHAP- MAN , ON HIS TRANSLATION OF HESIOD'S WORKS AND DAYS . WHOSE work could this be ... honour and our wealth the more ! If all the vulgar tongues that speak this day Were ask'd of thy discoveries , they ...
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... honour and of virtue spent ) We basely make retreat , and are no less Than huge impolish'd heaps of filthiness . Men's faces glitter , and their hearts are black , But thou ( great mistress of heaven's gloomy rack ) Art black in face ...
... honour and of virtue spent ) We basely make retreat , and are no less Than huge impolish'd heaps of filthiness . Men's faces glitter , and their hearts are black , But thou ( great mistress of heaven's gloomy rack ) Art black in face ...
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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.