Meliora, 7–8. köidePartridge & Company, 1865 |
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... give pain ; and those masters who leave out of view everything that does not seem to directly conduce to their personal ends are only daily depriving themselves of tangible benefits , pecuniarily , physi- cally , and mentally , by a ...
... give pain ; and those masters who leave out of view everything that does not seem to directly conduce to their personal ends are only daily depriving themselves of tangible benefits , pecuniarily , physi- cally , and mentally , by a ...
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... give a distinct historic personality to Homer . ' Hallam , perhaps , in this sentence underrates the worth , for comprehending the outward life of Shakespeare , of the traditions which Rowe digested into a narrative ; the ingenious ...
... give a distinct historic personality to Homer . ' Hallam , perhaps , in this sentence underrates the worth , for comprehending the outward life of Shakespeare , of the traditions which Rowe digested into a narrative ; the ingenious ...
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... give itself to restless questioning , and ever as a reply was given it would reiterate the ceaseless cry of the daughters of the horseleech - give ! give ! We cannot hope to satiate this cormorant greed by any revelations of new facts ...
... give itself to restless questioning , and ever as a reply was given it would reiterate the ceaseless cry of the daughters of the horseleech - give ! give ! We cannot hope to satiate this cormorant greed by any revelations of new facts ...
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... give The World thy works ; -thy works , by which outlive Thy tomb thy name must ; when that stone is rent , And time dissolves thy Stratford Monument , Here we alive shall view thee still : this book , When brass and marble fade , shall ...
... give The World thy works ; -thy works , by which outlive Thy tomb thy name must ; when that stone is rent , And time dissolves thy Stratford Monument , Here we alive shall view thee still : this book , When brass and marble fade , shall ...
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... give way to the false sentiment of the age , but gently put it by , saying , ' Crowns are not for me , but for the innocent . ' He had outlived his noblest projects , and it was his wish that another generation should take up his broken ...
... give way to the false sentiment of the age , but gently put it by , saying , ' Crowns are not for me , but for the innocent . ' He had outlived his noblest projects , and it was his wish that another generation should take up his broken ...
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Page 69 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Page 74 - Poor stuff! No, sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
Page 38 - His father was a butcher, and I have been told heretofore by some of the neighbours that when he was a boy he exercised his father's trade, but when he killed a calf he would do it in a high style, and make a speech.
Page 37 - I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand.
Page 37 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an. open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions...
Page 113 - All things are full of labour ; man cannot utter it : the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Page 26 - Yes, trust them not: for there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart, wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Page 29 - As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latins, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage...
Page 38 - Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances.
Page 42 - To leave for nothing all thy sum of good; For nothing this wide universe I call Save thou, my rose; in it thou art my all.