Critical and Miscellaneous Essays ...Carey & Hart, 1841 |
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Pàgina 16
... less exciting the passions of the reader . By this species of delineation the reader will perceive that the supernatural style of writing is entirely travestied and held up to laughter , instead of being made the subject of respectful ...
... less exciting the passions of the reader . By this species of delineation the reader will perceive that the supernatural style of writing is entirely travestied and held up to laughter , instead of being made the subject of respectful ...
Pàgina 18
... less able to distin- guish the merit of those pieces which are possessed of any . But , notwithstanding this great disadvantage , which is inseparable from the species of publication we are consider- ing , a reader of imagination , who ...
... less able to distin- guish the merit of those pieces which are possessed of any . But , notwithstanding this great disadvantage , which is inseparable from the species of publication we are consider- ing , a reader of imagination , who ...
Pàgina 27
... less from the conviction of the wretched moral consequences of such a habit , than because he was actually afraid of the Evil Spirit in person . In another part of his life Hoffmann had occasion to show , that his singularly wild and ...
... less from the conviction of the wretched moral consequences of such a habit , than because he was actually afraid of the Evil Spirit in person . In another part of his life Hoffmann had occasion to show , that his singularly wild and ...
Pàgina 31
... less affects every one , from the poor mechanic who finds that his hand , as he expresses it , is out , that he cannot discharge his usual task with his usual alacrity , to the poet whose muse deserts him when perhaps he most desires ...
... less affects every one , from the poor mechanic who finds that his hand , as he expresses it , is out , that he cannot discharge his usual task with his usual alacrity , to the poet whose muse deserts him when perhaps he most desires ...
Pàgina 32
... less limited reign than the opposite feeling of hope . It was Hoffmann's misfortune to be peculiarly sensible of the former passion , and almost instantly to combine with any pleasing sensation , as it arose , the idea of mischievous or ...
... less limited reign than the opposite feeling of hope . It was Hoffmann's misfortune to be peculiarly sensible of the former passion , and almost instantly to combine with any pleasing sensation , as it arose , the idea of mischievous or ...
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Pàgina 13 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up...
Pàgina 12 - A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses.
Pàgina 45 - Some say no evil thing that walks by night, In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, That breaks his magic chains at curfew time, No goblin or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.
Pàgina 31 - When I lie, sit, or walk alone, I sigh, I grieve, making great...
Pàgina 412 - And thus ends all that I doubt I shall ever be able to do with my own eyes in the keeping of my Journal, I being not able to do it any longer, having done now so long as to undo my eyes almost every time that I take a pen in my hand...
Pàgina 204 - Because you are not merry : and 'twere as easy For you to laugh and leap and say you are merry, Because you are not sad. Now, by two-headed Janus, Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time : Some that will evermore peep through their eyes And laugh like parrots at a bag-piper, And other of such vinegar aspect That they'll not show their teeth in way of smile, Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable.
Pàgina 12 - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either — black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart: what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Pàgina 12 - ... shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb: Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, — For each seemed either; black he stood as night; Fierce as ten furies; terrible as hell; And shook a deadly dart. What seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. In this description all is dark, uncertain, confused, terrible and sublime to the last degree.
Pàgina 13 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Pàgina 157 - Thornton. A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND GREAT PART OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. By Colonel T. THORNTON, of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. With the Original Illustrations by GARRARD, and other Illustrations and Coloured Plates by GE LODGE.