Prolusiones præmiis anniversariis dignatæ et in auditorio recitatæ scholæ Harroviensis1865 |
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... things which have no permanence or reality , how can the cause of truth be served ? If the subjects of discussion are things which have no grandeur , no title to respect , how can the soul of him who contem- plates them be elevated ...
... things which have no permanence or reality , how can the cause of truth be served ? If the subjects of discussion are things which have no grandeur , no title to respect , how can the soul of him who contem- plates them be elevated ...
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... thing . Now , we have here two distinct opinions , which seem , as is so often the case , each to embody a part of the truth . Our word " genius , " it would appear , if not derived from both senses of the Latin word , at all events ...
... thing . Now , we have here two distinct opinions , which seem , as is so often the case , each to embody a part of the truth . Our word " genius , " it would appear , if not derived from both senses of the Latin word , at all events ...
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... thing : the other is hurried along its course by the impulse of the genial feelings , entirely absorbed in the object which interests it . For genius looks only to ends , though talent spends itself principally on means . Contrast the ...
... thing : the other is hurried along its course by the impulse of the genial feelings , entirely absorbed in the object which interests it . For genius looks only to ends , though talent spends itself principally on means . Contrast the ...
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... thing , and a kind of enthusiasm . But taking them both together , and remembering the all- pervading character of it as well , we see what a mighty power genius is , and what a mens divinior he must have who can be deservedly honoured ...
... thing , and a kind of enthusiasm . But taking them both together , and remembering the all- pervading character of it as well , we see what a mighty power genius is , and what a mens divinior he must have who can be deservedly honoured ...
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... scenery of Grasmere , we are apt to think of solitude as nothing but converse with nature . And so it often is , but it is often many other things which , however , are quite distinct from it . The lover wanders in the loneliness of a 59.
... scenery of Grasmere , we are apt to think of solitude as nothing but converse with nature . And so it often is , but it is often many other things which , however , are quite distinct from it . The lover wanders in the loneliness of a 59.
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Page 36 - And whether we shall meet again I know not. Therefore our everlasting farewell take: For ever and for ever farewell, Cassius! If we do meet again, why, we shall smile; If not, why then this parting was well made.
Page 20 - I passed some time in the contemplation of this wonderful structure, and the great variety of objects which it presented. My heart was filled with a deep melancholy to see several dropping unexpectedly in the midst of mirth and jollity, and catching at every thing that stood by them to save themselves.
Page 20 - ... them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Page 18 - I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundred.
Page 18 - Examine now said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide.
Page 46 - His cloister'd flight ; ere, to black Hecate's summons, The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath rung night's yawning peal, there shall be done A deed of dreadful note. Lady M. What's to be done? Macb. Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, 'Till thou applaud the deed.
Page 46 - Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale! Light thickens; and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood: Good things of day begin to droop and drowse; Whiles night's black agents to their preys do rouse.
Page 44 - Remains in danger of her former tooth. But let The frame of things disjoint, both the worlds suffer, Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In the affliction of these terrible dreams, That shake us nightly : Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our place, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstacy.
Page 44 - Duncan is in his grave; After life's fitful fever he sleeps well; Treason has done his worst: nor steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing, Can touch him further.
Page 18 - As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon further examination...