Papers on literature and art, Teil 2 |
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... human sympathies , like the human eye , could not compass an object exceedingly large , and , at the same time , exceedingly near . It is no small share in the end and aim of the present little work , to impart to one por- tion of the ...
... human sympathies , like the human eye , could not compass an object exceedingly large , and , at the same time , exceedingly near . It is no small share in the end and aim of the present little work , to impart to one por- tion of the ...
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... human race should exhibit fruits perfect in shape , colour , and flavour , enclosing kernels of permanent value . Those who demand this will be content only with the Iliads and Odysseys of the mind's endeavour . - They can feed no where ...
... human race should exhibit fruits perfect in shape , colour , and flavour , enclosing kernels of permanent value . Those who demand this will be content only with the Iliads and Odysseys of the mind's endeavour . - They can feed no where ...
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... human soul , second , in proportion to the perfection of form in which that revelation is expressed . In like manner are there two modes of criticism . One which tries , by the highest standard of literary perfection the critic is ...
... human soul , second , in proportion to the perfection of form in which that revelation is expressed . In like manner are there two modes of criticism . One which tries , by the highest standard of literary perfection the critic is ...
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... humanity could not be utterly defaced where song and melody were permitted to exist , and that where they were not all crushed , Hope and Mercy might yet bless the spot , some waxed bold , and for a time took leave of those who were ...
... humanity could not be utterly defaced where song and melody were permitted to exist , and that where they were not all crushed , Hope and Mercy might yet bless the spot , some waxed bold , and for a time took leave of those who were ...
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... human being . " Thom has a poetical mind , rather than is a poet . He has a delicate perception of relations , and is more a poet in discerning good occasions for poems than in using them . Accordingly his prefaces to , or notes upon ...
... human being . " Thom has a poetical mind , rather than is a poet . He has a delicate perception of relations , and is more a poet in discerning good occasions for poems than in using them . Accordingly his prefaces to , or notes upon ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
admiration Albert Durer Allston Ambla artist Astor House Bach beauty Beethoven better brother Brown called character Charles Wesley charm child church clavichord composer deep delight drama excellent expression eyes faith Farinelli feeling felt flower force fugue genius give grace hand Handel happy harmony harpsichord Haydn hear heart heaven honour hope human idea instrument intellectual J. S. Bach John Sebastian John Wesley less light literature lives look LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN means melody mind Mozart nature never noble Paracelsus passage perfect picture Pippa Passes play pleasure poems poet poetic poetry present Prince reverence rich Schindler seems Senesino shows singing song soul speak spirit Swedenborg SWEDENBORGIANISM sweetness sympathy taste tears tender thee things thought tion true truth verse Wesley whole wish Witchcraft woman words write
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 40 - For calling up that spot of joy. She had A heart — how shall I say? — too soon made glad, Too easily impressed; she liked whate'er She looked on, and her looks went everywhere. Sir, 'twas all one!
Seite 40 - In speech (which I have not) to make your will Quite clear to such an one, and say, "Just this "Or that in you disgusts me; here you miss, "Or there exceed the mark...
Seite 39 - Fra Pandolf" by design: for never read Strangers like you that pictured countenance, The depth and passion of its earnest glance, But to myself they turned (since none puts by The curtain I have drawn for you, but I...
Seite 39 - That's my last Duchess painted on the wall, Looking as if she were alive. I call That piece a wonder, now: Fra' Pandolf s hands Worked busily a day, and there she stands. Will't please you sit and look at her? I said "Fra
Seite 77 - Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means; and there will stand On honorable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire; Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim...
Seite 40 - Her wits to yours, forsooth, and made excuse, — E'en then would be some stooping; and I choose Never to stoop. Oh sir, she smiled, no doubt, Whene'er I passed her; but who passed without Much the same smile? This grew; I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped together.
Seite 78 - Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim ; And therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honours, or for worldly state ; Whom they must follow ; on whose head must fall, Like showers of manna, if they come at all...
Seite 157 - Everywhere I see around me rise the wondrous world of Art : Fountains wrought with richest sculpture standing in the common mart; And above cathedral doorways saints and bishops carved in stone, By a former age commissioned as apostles to our own. In the church of sainted Sebald sleeps enshrined his holy dust...
Seite 154 - From the cool cisterns of the midnight air My spirit drank repose; The fountain of perpetual peace flows there,— From those deep cisterns flows.
Seite 158 - Durer, the Evangelist of Art; Hence in silence and -in sorrow, toiling still with busy hand, Like an emigrant he wandered, seeking for the Better Land. Emigravit is the inscription on the tomb-stone where he lies ; Dead he is not, but departed, for the Artist never dies.