A Smaller History of English and American Literature for the Use of SchoolsWilliam Smith, Henry Theodore Tuckerman Sheldon, 1876 - 374 strani |
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Stran 95 - I am as sorry as if the original fault had been my fault, because myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professes: besides, divers of worship have reported his uprightness of dealing which argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.
Stran 43 - Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Stran 324 - World, from, the earliest Record to the Nineteenth Century, with a Particular Reference to the State of Society, Literature, Religion, and Form of Government of the United States of America...
Stran 32 - Meanwhile in 1374 he was appointed Comptroller of the Customs and Subsidy of Wools, Skins, and Tanned Hides...
Stran 360 - ... the truth In her fair page; see, every season brings New change, to her, of everlasting youth; Still the green soil, with joyous living things, Swarms, the wide air is full of joyous wings, And myriads, still, are happy in the sleep Of ocean's azure gulfs, and where he flings The restless surge. Eternal Love doth keep In his complacent arms, the earth, the air, the deep.
Stran 316 - Small productions will be more common than bulky books ; there will be more wit than erudition, more imagination than profundity ; and literary performances will bear marks of an untutored and rude vigor of thought — frequently of great variety and singular fecundity.
Stran 26 - as a series of Homilies in an imperfect state, composed in metre without alliteration, and, except in » very few cases, without rhyme ; the subject of the Homilies being supplied by those portions of the New Testament which were read in the daily services of the Church.
Stran 319 - ... which alone are practicable for the majority even of scholars. The most solid of this class of writings are the productions of statesmen ; and of these, three are conspicuous, although singularly diverse both in style and cast of thought — Webster, Calhoun, and Clay. The former's oration at Plymouth in 1820; his address at the laying of the corner-stone of the Bunker Hill Monument, half a century after the battle ; his discourse on the deaths of Adams and Jefferson, the following...
Stran 74 - He would have made a great epic poet, if indeed he has not abundantly shown himself to be one; for his Homer is not so properly a translation as the stories of Achilles and Ulysses rewritten. The earnestness and passion...
Stran 352 - The glow of his images is chastened by a noble simplicity, keeping them within the line of human sympathy and natural expression. He has followed the masters of dramatic writing with rare judgment. He also excels many gifted poets of his class in a quality essential to an acted play — spirit. To the tragic ability he unites aptitude for...