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... include Lamb in the succes- sion . On other sides Lamb faced the past ; but here was his one window on the times he lived in , or else he must be set down as one of those He " sports " of the intellect which have no xvi INTRODUCTION .
... include Lamb in the succes- sion . On other sides Lamb faced the past ; but here was his one window on the times he lived in , or else he must be set down as one of those He " sports " of the intellect which have no xvi INTRODUCTION .
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... side that most men turn to the world he con- cealed , and he showed that which is commonly kept secret . He had been a poet in youth , and he never lost the habit of wearing his heart upon his sleeve . He was never as a poet to get be ...
... side that most men turn to the world he con- cealed , and he showed that which is commonly kept secret . He had been a poet in youth , and he never lost the habit of wearing his heart upon his sleeve . He was never as a poet to get be ...
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... side of the man , blend with the mode of address , the familiarity , the discursive manner , the frequent whim , the anecdotage , the multifarious interest of the whole . The Essays are pleasant to read , and winning ; the predominant ...
... side of the man , blend with the mode of address , the familiarity , the discursive manner , the frequent whim , the anecdotage , the multifarious interest of the whole . The Essays are pleasant to read , and winning ; the predominant ...
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... side of the heroic . Nature certainly had been pleased to endow John Tipp with a sufficient measure of the principle of self - preservation . There is a cow- ardice which we do not despise , because it has no- thing base or treacherous ...
... side of the heroic . Nature certainly had been pleased to endow John Tipp with a sufficient measure of the principle of self - preservation . There is a cow- ardice which we do not despise , because it has no- thing base or treacherous ...
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... side of the old shelves . I longed to new - coat him in Russia , and assign him his place . He might have mustered for a tall Scapula . D. is assiduous in his visits to these seats of learn- ing . No inconsiderable portion of his ...
... side of the old shelves . I longed to new - coat him in Russia , and assign him his place . He might have mustered for a tall Scapula . D. is assiduous in his visits to these seats of learn- ing . No inconsiderable portion of his ...
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Page 173 - s made To a green thought in a green shade. Here at the fountain's sliding foot Or at some fruit-tree's mossy root, Casting the body's vest aside My soul into the boughs does glide ; There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then whets and combs its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light.
Page 255 - See him in the dish, his second cradle, how meek he lieth ! — wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood ? Ten to one he would have proved a glutton, a sloven, an obstinate, disagreeable animal — wallowing in all manner of filthy conversation — from these sins he is happily snatched away — Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fade, Death came with timely care...
Page 251 - The ears of Ho-ti tingled with horror. He cursed his son, and he cursed himself that ever he should beget a son that should eat burnt pig. Bo-bo, whose scent was wonderfully sharpened since morning, soon raked out another pig, and fairly rending it asunder, thrust the lesser half by main force into the fists of Ho-ti, still shouting out, " Eat, eat, eat the burnt pig, father, only taste — O lord ! " with such-like barbarous ejaculations, cramming all the while as if he would choke.
Page 43 - 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. Shakespeare with the English man-ofwar, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 42 - Come back into memory, like as thou wert in the dayspring of thy fancies, with hope like a fiery column before thee — the dark pillar not yet turned — Samuel Taylor Coleridge — Logician, Metaphysician, Bard ! — How have I seen the casual passer through the Cloisters stand still, entranced with admiration (while he weighed the disproportion between the speech and the garb of the young Mirandula), to hear thee unfold, in thy deep and sweet intonations, the mysteries of Jamblichus, or Plotinus...
Page 140 - Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.
Page 202 - O when shall I be such an expectant again ! — with the cry of nonpareils, an indispensable playhouse accompaniment in those days. As near as I can recollect, the fashionable pronunciation of the theatrical fruiteresses then was, " Chase some oranges, chase some numparels, chase a bill of the play;
Page 173 - Meanwhile the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its happiness; The mind, that ocean where each kind Does straight its own resemblance find; Yet it creates, transcending these, Far other worlds, and other seas, Annihilating all that's made To a green thought in a green shade.
Page 66 - These insufferable triflers are the curse of a table. One of these flies will spoil a whole pot. Of such it may be said, that they do not play at cards, but only play at playing at them. Sarah Battle was none of that breed. She detested them, as I do, from her heart and soul ; and 5 would not, save upon a striking emergency, willingly seat herself at the same table with them.
Page 46 - He cometh to you with a smile, and troubleth you with no receipt; confining himself to no set season. Every day is his Candlemas, or his feast of Holy Michael.