The Quarterly Review, Volume 132John Murray, 1872 |
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... things fall naturally into his conception , good and well ; but he will not go out of his way to catch unintelligent applause by what are tech- nically called ' points . ' These are the cheap triumphs of inferior artists — the ' purple ...
... things fall naturally into his conception , good and well ; but he will not go out of his way to catch unintelligent applause by what are tech- nically called ' points . ' These are the cheap triumphs of inferior artists — the ' purple ...
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... things which very soon became impos- sible when the principles of free trade were applied to the drama , and the privileges of the patent theatres were withdrawn . Abolish these , said the reformers , with that irrepressible logic which ...
... things which very soon became impos- sible when the principles of free trade were applied to the drama , and the privileges of the patent theatres were withdrawn . Abolish these , said the reformers , with that irrepressible logic which ...
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... things scenic splendour should , as it did , take the place of careful acting , for the former can always be bought in the market to any extent . Shakspearian revivals , in which poet as well as actor were subordinated to the antiquary ...
... things scenic splendour should , as it did , take the place of careful acting , for the former can always be bought in the market to any extent . Shakspearian revivals , in which poet as well as actor were subordinated to the antiquary ...
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... things may be in store for us . In the drama , as in politics , we are in one of those epochs of transition which are characteristic of a people that has made a vast and rapid development in numbers and in wealth , and among whom the ...
... things may be in store for us . In the drama , as in politics , we are in one of those epochs of transition which are characteristic of a people that has made a vast and rapid development in numbers and in wealth , and among whom the ...
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... things please be greater now than at any former time , so also is the number greater of those who possess literary culture and the love of what is best in art . Keeping this fact in view , it is well to remember , that there have been ...
... things please be greater now than at any former time , so also is the number greater of those who possess literary culture and the love of what is best in art . Keeping this fact in view , it is well to remember , that there have been ...
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Page 400 - He scarce had ceased when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesolè, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 436 - Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. 19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother.
Page 530 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 330 - It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? but the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Page 529 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 444 - In full-blown dignity, see Wolsey stand, Law in his voice, and fortune in his hand...
Page 428 - And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true; and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
Page 460 - I will not, join in congratulation on misfortune and disgrace. This, my Lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment. It is not a time for adulation: the smoothness of flattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the throne in the language of truth.
Page 412 - To life obscured, which were a fair dismission, But throw'st them lower than thou didst exalt them high, Unseemly falls in human eye, Too grievous for the trespass or omission ; Oft leavest them to the hostile sword Of heathen and profane, their carcasses To dogs and fowls a prey, or else captived ; Or to the unjust tribunals, under change of times, And condemnation of the ungrateful multitude.
Page 438 - But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past, now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. 24 And they glorified God in me.