A Book of English Essays (1600-1900)Stanley Victor Makower, Basil H. Blackwell Oxford University Press, 1952 - 440 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 13
Page 330
... BEATRICE THOSE critics who allegorize the Divine Comedy , who exaggerate , or , rather , who mistake the supersensual element in Dante's work , who reduce to nothing the sensible and human element , are hardly worth refuting . They know ...
... BEATRICE THOSE critics who allegorize the Divine Comedy , who exaggerate , or , rather , who mistake the supersensual element in Dante's work , who reduce to nothing the sensible and human element , are hardly worth refuting . They know ...
Page 331
... Beatrice , what a task has Mr. Martin to perform ! how much is he obliged to imagine ! how much to shut his eyes to , or to disbelieve ! Not perceiving that the vital impulse of Dante's soul is towards reverie and spiritual vision ...
... Beatrice , what a task has Mr. Martin to perform ! how much is he obliged to imagine ! how much to shut his eyes to , or to disbelieve ! Not perceiving that the vital impulse of Dante's soul is towards reverie and spiritual vision ...
Page 333
... Beatrice only , one distinct trait of the earthly Beatrice is still preserved - her smile ; the santo riso of the Purgatory , the dolce riso of the Paradise . Yes , undoubtedly there was a real Beatrice , whom Dante had seen living and ...
... Beatrice only , one distinct trait of the earthly Beatrice is still preserved - her smile ; the santo riso of the Purgatory , the dolce riso of the Paradise . Yes , undoubtedly there was a real Beatrice , whom Dante had seen living and ...
Contents
SIR THOMAS OVERBURY 15811613 | 9 |
SIR THOMAS BROWNE 16051682 | 16 |
THOMAS FULLER 16081661 | 22 |
27 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admire allegory appear Arsène Houssaye artist Asem atheism Augustus Caesar Beatrice beauty Boscastle bulls Bunyan called character colour conversation creature Dante divine dreams effect Emile Hennequin English Essay eyes fancy feel fellow flowers FRANCIS THOMPSON genius gifts give Greenville hand happy hath head heard heart heaven Helvellyn honour human humour imagination John Bull kind La Gioconda ladies Leonardo less Levana live look Macbeth manner matter ment Michelangelo mind moral murder nation nature never nickname night noble object observed once ourselves painting pass passion Peasemeal perfect perhaps persons Pilgrim's Progress pleasure Plutarch poem poet reader reason Reineke seems sense Shakespeare sleep soul spirit story strange style superstition suppose sure sympathy talk taste things thou thought tion truth turned unto Verrocchio virtue whole wisdom wise word write