The Works of George Chapman ...Chatto and Windus, 1875 |
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Page xiii
... speak with pebbles in his mouth ; but it is presumable that he also learnt to dispense with their aid before he stood up against schines or Hyperides on any great occasion of public oratory . Our philosophic poet , on the other hand ...
... speak with pebbles in his mouth ; but it is presumable that he also learnt to dispense with their aid before he stood up against schines or Hyperides on any great occasion of public oratory . Our philosophic poet , on the other hand ...
Page xviii
... speak truth as it seems to me , too generally fails to transfer from monologue into dialogue , to translate into the sensible action and passion of tragedy , or adequately to express in fullness and fitness of lyric form . The finest ...
... speak truth as it seems to me , too generally fails to transfer from monologue into dialogue , to translate into the sensible action and passion of tragedy , or adequately to express in fullness and fitness of lyric form . The finest ...
Page xix
... speak , as by contrast of his work with the work of another , upon whom this fault has been wrongly charged by the inaccurate verdict of hasty judges . In answer to these I have shown that the very essence of Mr. Browning's aim and ...
... speak , as by contrast of his work with the work of another , upon whom this fault has been wrongly charged by the inaccurate verdict of hasty judges . In answer to these I have shown that the very essence of Mr. Browning's aim and ...
Page xxvi
... speak gracefully . It is clear that he set no great store by his comic talent as compared with the other gifts of his genius ; of all his comedies two only , All Fools and The Widow's Tears , have dedications prefixed to them , and in ...
... speak gracefully . It is clear that he set no great store by his comic talent as compared with the other gifts of his genius ; of all his comedies two only , All Fools and The Widow's Tears , have dedications prefixed to them , and in ...
Page lii
... speak when for a change he was content to empty his mouth of pebbles and clear his forehead of fog . The vision of Homer which serves as overture to this poem is not the only other noble feature which relieves a landscape in too great ...
... speak when for a change he was content to empty his mouth of pebbles and clear his forehead of fog . The vision of Homer which serves as overture to this poem is not the only other noble feature which relieves a landscape in too great ...
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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.