Meliora, Volumes 7-8Partridge & Company, 1865 |
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Pagina 8
... thought ; and one is the counterbalance and corrective of the evils engendered by an over - devotion to the other . Wealth may be consumed or dissipated , and in itself is nothing when deprived of what it represents or commands ; but ...
... thought ; and one is the counterbalance and corrective of the evils engendered by an over - devotion to the other . Wealth may be consumed or dissipated , and in itself is nothing when deprived of what it represents or commands ; but ...
Pagina 18
... thought that we do not so much want men as money - factors . The dignity and perfecti- bility of human nature is nothing ; its transmutation into gold pieces , and things tangible , everything . Life is real , and earnest , too , but ...
... thought that we do not so much want men as money - factors . The dignity and perfecti- bility of human nature is nothing ; its transmutation into gold pieces , and things tangible , everything . Life is real , and earnest , too , but ...
Pagina 19
... thought from everybody than they have hitherto had , in their extremely extensive and diversified relations . Vapid and clap - trap agitation we have already had about the usefulness of this or that institution for this or that class of ...
... thought from everybody than they have hitherto had , in their extremely extensive and diversified relations . Vapid and clap - trap agitation we have already had about the usefulness of this or that institution for this or that class of ...
Pagina 27
... thought of as mere means of pastime , and the copyright was always claimed by the theatre . Yet that he had other ... thoughts ' invention Doth like himself heroically sound . ' In a play containing criticisms of contemporary writers ...
... thought of as mere means of pastime , and the copyright was always claimed by the theatre . Yet that he had other ... thoughts ' invention Doth like himself heroically sound . ' In a play containing criticisms of contemporary writers ...
Pagina 35
... thought he uttered with that easiness , that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers . ' * * * ' His wit can no more lie hid than it could be lost , ' and the purchaser is advised to read him , therefore , again and again ...
... thought he uttered with that easiness , that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers . ' * * * ' His wit can no more lie hid than it could be lost , ' and the purchaser is advised to read him , therefore , again and again ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 69 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Pagina 74 - Poor stuff! No, sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
Pagina 38 - His father was a butcher, and I have been told heretofore by some of the neighbours that when he was a boy he exercised his father's trade, but when he killed a calf he would do it in a high style, and make a speech.
Pagina 37 - I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand.
Pagina 37 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an. open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions...
Pagina 113 - All things are full of labour ; man cannot utter it : the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Pagina 26 - Yes, trust them not: for there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart, wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Pagina 29 - As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latins, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage...
Pagina 38 - Jonson, which two 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.
Pagina 42 - To leave for nothing all thy sum of good; For nothing this wide universe I call Save thou, my rose; in it thou art my all.