History of English Literature, Volume 1, Part 2Chatto & Windus, 1897 |
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Page 248
... feels at the sight of a Florentine Madonna , is the splendid creature , whose powerful body and fine growth bespeak her race and her vigour ; the artist did not paint moral expression as nowadays , the depth of a soul tortured and ...
... feels at the sight of a Florentine Madonna , is the splendid creature , whose powerful body and fine growth bespeak her race and her vigour ; the artist did not paint moral expression as nowadays , the depth of a soul tortured and ...
Page 251
... feeling had sway . In this spirit which imi- tated , and that badly at times , which still groped for an outlet and now and then admitted into its polished stanzas the old , simple expressions and stale metaphors of heralds of arms and ...
... feeling had sway . In this spirit which imi- tated , and that badly at times , which still groped for an outlet and now and then admitted into its polished stanzas the old , simple expressions and stale metaphors of heralds of arms and ...
Page 273
... feel the heated breath swell each moment . A smile from his mistress , a curl lifted by the wind , a gesture , -all are events . He paints her in every attitude ; he cannot see her too constantly . He talks to the birds , plants , winds ...
... feel the heated breath swell each moment . A smile from his mistress , a curl lifted by the wind , a gesture , -all are events . He paints her in every attitude ; he cannot see her too constantly . He talks to the birds , plants , winds ...
Page 274
... Feeling forthwith the other burning power , Wood with the smart with showts and shryking shrill , He sought his ease in ... feel the charm and sportiveness under the seeming affectation : " Faire eyes , sweete lips , deare heart , that ...
... Feeling forthwith the other burning power , Wood with the smart with showts and shryking shrill , He sought his ease in ... feel the charm and sportiveness under the seeming affectation : " Faire eyes , sweete lips , deare heart , that ...
Page 277
... feel within themselves , indirectly , the up- rising and severance of the outlines , the power and contrast of tints , the sad or delicious sentiment , which breathes from this combination and union like a harmony or a cry . How ...
... feel within themselves , indirectly , the up- rising and severance of the outlines , the power and contrast of tints , the sad or delicious sentiment , which breathes from this combination and union like a harmony or a cry . How ...
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Page 352 - The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes, and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible.
Page 285 - A belt of straw and ivy buds With coral clasps and amber studs: And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my love.
Page 349 - But the greatest error of all the rest, is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge: for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity, and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their...
Page 281 - And enamoured do wish, so they might But enjoy such a sight, That they still were to run by her side, Through swords, through seas, whither she would ride. Do but look on her eyes, they do light All that Love's world...
Page 254 - The turtle to her mate hath told her tale. Summer is come, for every spray now springs, The hart hath hung his old head on the pale; The buck in brake his winter coat he flings; The fishes...
Page 312 - He, making speedy way through spersed ayre, And through the world of waters wide and deepe, To Morpheus house doth hastily repaire. Amid the bowels of the earth full steepe, And low, where dawning day doth never peepe, His dwelling is ; there Tethys his wet bed Doth ever wash, and Cynthia still doth steepe In silver deaw his ever-drouping hed, Whiles sad Night over him her mantle black doth spred.
Page 281 - See the chariot at hand here of Love, Wherein my Lady rideth ! Each that draws is a swan or a dove, And well the car Love guideth. As she goes, all hearts do duty Unto her beauty; And enamour'd, do wish, so they might But enjoy such a sight, That they still were to run by her side, Through swords, through seas, whither she would ride.
Page 393 - And. seeing there was no place to mount up higher, Why should I grieve at my declining fall ? — Farewell, fair queen ; weep not for Mortimer, That scorns the world, and, as a traveller, Goes to discover countries yet unknown.
Page 281 - Or the nard in the fire ? Or have tasted the bag of the bee ? O so white, O so soft, O so sweet is she!
Page 345 - Darkness and light divide the course of time, and oblivion shares with memory a great part even of our living beings; we slightly remember our felicities, and the smartest strokes of affliction leave but short smart upon us. Sense endureth no extremities, and sorrows destroy us or themselves. To weep into stones are fables. Afflictions induce callosities, miseries are slippery, or fall like snow upon us, which notwithstanding is no unhappy stupidity.