Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, 2. köideJ.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 |
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... play , The Way of the World , had been played ; and Vanbrugh and Farquhar were the only members of the group who were ... plays , The Rivals , The School for Scandal , and The Critic , by their unflagging wit and brilliancy , reach a ...
... play , The Way of the World , had been played ; and Vanbrugh and Farquhar were the only members of the group who were ... plays , The Rivals , The School for Scandal , and The Critic , by their unflagging wit and brilliancy , reach a ...
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... plays of Etherege and Wycherley , and the wits and templars still gathered round the chair of Dryden at Will's . Under these conditions it was natural that the history of imaginative literature under William III . should show merely a ...
... plays of Etherege and Wycherley , and the wits and templars still gathered round the chair of Dryden at Will's . Under these conditions it was natural that the history of imaginative literature under William III . should show merely a ...
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... plays , was produced after the Revolution . These plays are generally grouped among examples of the Restoration drama , ' and this classi- fication of them , as well as of the other plays of the same period , is accurate enough so far ...
... plays , was produced after the Revolution . These plays are generally grouped among examples of the Restoration drama , ' and this classi- fication of them , as well as of the other plays of the same period , is accurate enough so far ...
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... plays , and disapproved the scandalous profession of actors , who , though not formally expelled by formal excommunication , are and ought to be refused admission to the sacraments . Hence it seems clear that Collier's argument hardly ...
... plays , and disapproved the scandalous profession of actors , who , though not formally expelled by formal excommunication , are and ought to be refused admission to the sacraments . Hence it seems clear that Collier's argument hardly ...
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... play and person . Now among the curiosities of this kind we may reckon Mrs Pinchwife , Horner , and Lady Fidget in the Country Wife ; Widow Blackacre and Olivia in the Plain Dealer . These , tho ' not all the exceptionable characters ...
... play and person . Now among the curiosities of this kind we may reckon Mrs Pinchwife , Horner , and Lady Fidget in the Country Wife ; Widow Blackacre and Olivia in the Plain Dealer . These , tho ' not all the exceptionable characters ...
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Page 364 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 333 - I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone, for salvation; and an assurance was given me that He had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.
Page 367 - O'erhang his wavy bed: Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-eyed bat With short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises, 'midst the twilight path Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum...
Page 361 - Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try, And hard Unkindness...
Page 363 - ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Page 364 - Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death? Perhaps in this neglected spot...
Page 364 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.
Page 364 - E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
Page 188 - A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, Parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and Pride that licks the dust.
Page 367 - How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! ODE TO MERCY.