Interpretations of Literature, Volume 2Dodd, Mead, 1915 Lectures to his students while he "held the chair of English literature in the University of Tokyo from 1896 to 1902"--Confer Introduction. |
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... scholar " in these days is to obtain a very great distinction in the world of letters ; and nevertheless one of the great- est of scholars declared only two years ago , when invited to deliver a few lectures upon Shakespeare , that he ...
... scholar " in these days is to obtain a very great distinction in the world of letters ; and nevertheless one of the great- est of scholars declared only two years ago , when invited to deliver a few lectures upon Shakespeare , that he ...
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... scholars have grouped the plays of Shakespeare in different ways . Some have made three classes , some four , others ... scholarship is not shown by the capacity to put forth an enormous amount of detail ; it is shown by the capacity for ...
... scholars have grouped the plays of Shakespeare in different ways . Some have made three classes , some four , others ... scholarship is not shown by the capacity to put forth an enormous amount of detail ; it is shown by the capacity for ...
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... scholars . We may now turn to another subject about which an enormous amount of stuff has been written to very little purpose , -the origin of Shakespeare's plays . I believe that we can treat this topic just as simply , though not ...
... scholars . We may now turn to another subject about which an enormous amount of stuff has been written to very little purpose , -the origin of Shakespeare's plays . I believe that we can treat this topic just as simply , though not ...
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... scholars perfectly understand to - day ? The explanation is very simple . The audiences of that time enjoyed the plays exactly as a boy enjoys reading them now - just as very clever stories well dramatized . Questions of psychology and ...
... scholars perfectly understand to - day ? The explanation is very simple . The audiences of that time enjoyed the plays exactly as a boy enjoys reading them now - just as very clever stories well dramatized . Questions of psychology and ...
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... scholars of the nineteenth century , nevertheless perceive that those men were able to do in literature what no man of our own day could possibly do . Of course in considering the work of the translators , we must remember the ...
... scholars of the nineteenth century , nevertheless perceive that those men were able to do in literature what no man of our own day could possibly do . Of course in considering the work of the translators , we must remember the ...
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Page 318 - The sea is calm to-night. The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits ; — on the French coast the light Gleams and is gone ; the cliffs of England stand, Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.
Page 124 - TO HELEN Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary, way-worn wanderer bore To his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome.
Page 272 - HE clasps the crag with crooked hands ; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ring'd with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls ; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls.
Page 238 - Philomel, with melody Sing in our sweet lullaby; Lulla, lulla, lullaby ; lulla, lulla, lullaby ; Never harm, nor spell nor charm, Come our lovely lady nigh; So, good night, with lullaby.
Page 126 - Hear the sledges with the bells Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight...
Page 238 - Everything did banish moan, Save the nightingale alone: She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Lean'd her breast up-till a thorn, And there sung the dolefull'st ditty, That to hear it was great pity. 'Fie, fie, fie...
Page 252 - When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo...
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Page 302 - I sighed for thee ; When light rode high, and the dew was gone, And noon lay heavy on flower and tree, And the weary Day turned to his rest, Lingering like an unloved guest, I sighed for thee. Thy brother Death came, and cried,
Page 124 - Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary, way-worn wanderer bore To his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece, And the grandeur that was Rome. Lo! in yon brilliant window-niche How statue-like I see thee stand, The agate lamp within thy hand! Ah, Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy Land!