Miscellanies of literature, by the author of 'Curiosities of literature'.1840 |
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... TASTE . -ARTISTS • . 393 CHAPTER VIII . THE SPIRIT OF LITERATURE AND THE SPIRIT OF SOCIETY . — THE INVENTORS . - SOCIETY OFFERS SEDUCTION AND NOT REWARD TO MEN OF GENIUS . - THE NOTIONS OF PERSONS OF FASHION OF MEN OF GENIUS . - THE ...
... TASTE . -ARTISTS • . 393 CHAPTER VIII . THE SPIRIT OF LITERATURE AND THE SPIRIT OF SOCIETY . — THE INVENTORS . - SOCIETY OFFERS SEDUCTION AND NOT REWARD TO MEN OF GENIUS . - THE NOTIONS OF PERSONS OF FASHION OF MEN OF GENIUS . - THE ...
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... taste for the beautiful ; and Johnson is a flagrant instance that great powers of reasoning are more fatal to the works of imagi- nation than had ever been suspected . By one of these learned critics was Montaigne , the venerable father ...
... taste for the beautiful ; and Johnson is a flagrant instance that great powers of reasoning are more fatal to the works of imagi- nation than had ever been suspected . By one of these learned critics was Montaigne , the venerable father ...
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... taste . The object thus selected is no task imposed on the mind of the writer , for the mere ambition of literature ; but is a voluntary effusion , warm with all the sensations of a pathetic writer . In a word , they are the ...
... taste . The object thus selected is no task imposed on the mind of the writer , for the mere ambition of literature ; but is a voluntary effusion , warm with all the sensations of a pathetic writer . In a word , they are the ...
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... taste to turn over an elaborate preface unread ; for it is the attar of the author's roses ; every drop distilled at an immense cost . It is the reason of the reasoning , and the folly of the foolish . I do not wish , however , to ...
... taste to turn over an elaborate preface unread ; for it is the attar of the author's roses ; every drop distilled at an immense cost . It is the reason of the reasoning , and the folly of the foolish . I do not wish , however , to ...
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... taste not excepted , Aristophanes thus recommended became a general favourite . The anecdote lasted for near two centuries ; and what was of greater conse- quence to Aldus , quickened the sale of his Aris- tophanes . This ingenious ...
... taste not excepted , Aristophanes thus recommended became a general favourite . The anecdote lasted for near two centuries ; and what was of greater conse- quence to Aldus , quickened the sale of his Aris- tophanes . This ingenious ...
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Miscellanies of literature, by the author of 'Curiosities of literature'. Isaac Disraeli Полный просмотр - 1882 |
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Стр. 410 - Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Стр. 75 - Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. 5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Стр. 196 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Стр. 62 - I saw it was adulterate. I met with several great persons, whom I liked very well, but could not perceive that any part of their greatness was to be liked or desired, no more than I would be glad or content to be in a storm, though I saw many ships which rid safely and bravely in it. A storm would not agree with my stomach...
Стр. 452 - Till the Ledaean stars, so famed for love, Wonder'd at us from above! We spent them not in toys, in lusts, or wine; But search of deep philosophy, Wit, eloquence, and poetry — Arts which I loved, for they, my friend, were thine.
Стр. 235 - ... ribs; so was this pair of friends transfixed, till down they fell, joined in their lives, joined in their deaths; so closely joined that Charon would mistake them both for one, and waft them over Styx, for half his fare.
Стр. 404 - My conversation is slow and dull; my humour saturnine and reserved: In short, I am none of those who endeavour to break jests in company, or make repartees.
Стр. 288 - And since our dainty age Cannot endure reproof, Make not thyself a page To that strumpet, the stage; But sing high and aloof, Safe from the wolf's black jaw and the dull ass's hoof.
Стр. 69 - But Appius reddens at each word you speak, And stares, tremendous, with a threatening eye, Like some fierce tyrant in old tapestry.
Стр. 480 - I am still of opinion that it was a practicable scheme, and might have been very useful, by forming a great number of good citizens; and I was not discouraged by the seeming magnitude of the undertaking, as I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind...