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... characters of authors . We recognize the truth of the principle instinctively . We feel readily enough that we are not so much con- cerned in knowing the characteristics of a great man's greatness , the limitations of it , the history ...
... characters of authors . We recognize the truth of the principle instinctively . We feel readily enough that we are not so much con- cerned in knowing the characteristics of a great man's greatness , the limitations of it , the history ...
Page viii
... influences , education , social advantages , character , disposition , mental endowment , the circum- stances of his environment and his existence generally , In all led up to the realization of a great viii INTRODUCTORY STUDY .
... influences , education , social advantages , character , disposition , mental endowment , the circum- stances of his environment and his existence generally , In all led up to the realization of a great viii INTRODUCTORY STUDY .
Page ix
... character of the man in whom the poet and the romancist were existent . We cannot even think of Scott without thinking of the heroic fortitude of him . who at fifty - five years of age sat down to write off by the earnings of his pen a ...
... character of the man in whom the poet and the romancist were existent . We cannot even think of Scott without thinking of the heroic fortitude of him . who at fifty - five years of age sat down to write off by the earnings of his pen a ...
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... character and conduct that we would condemn , we must remember that , had not nature been resisted by genius , the probabilities all are that Byron's life would have been wholly trivial and self - indulgent . The truth remains , then ...
... character and conduct that we would condemn , we must remember that , had not nature been resisted by genius , the probabilities all are that Byron's life would have been wholly trivial and self - indulgent . The truth remains , then ...
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Seymour Eaton. event , the creator of characters as many and as real as those Shakespeare ushered into the world , is without doubt one of the very greatest names in literary history . Byron's name is not nearly so great , yet , even so ...
Seymour Eaton. event , the creator of characters as many and as real as those Shakespeare ushered into the world , is without doubt one of the very greatest names in literary history . Byron's name is not nearly so great , yet , even so ...
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Page 263 - Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 267 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims aronnd him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 274 - The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave.
Page 263 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope shall moulder cold and low.
Page 128 - The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy.
Page 129 - When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave» Then go — but go alone the while — Then view St David's ruined pile; And, home returning, soothly...
Page 6 - I've paced much this weary, mortal round, And sage experience bids me this declare: — If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest pair In other's arms breathe out the tender tale, Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.
Page 25 - O, WERT thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea, My plaidie to the angry airt, I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee. Or did misfortune's bitter storms Around thee blaw, around thee blaw, Thy bield should be my bosom, To share it a', to share it a'.
Page 77 - ... spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soil'd is laid Low i
Page 262 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell...