Critical and Miscellaneous Essays ...Carey & Hart, 1841 |
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Pàgina 11
... mean , that it need be scrupulously considered to what class of persons the author addressed himself , or with what species of decoration he ornamented his story . " Homo was then a common name for all men , " and all were equally ...
... mean , that it need be scrupulously considered to what class of persons the author addressed himself , or with what species of decoration he ornamented his story . " Homo was then a common name for all men , " and all were equally ...
Pàgina 14
... means or other , the fading impression of its horrors . The most obvious and inartificial mode of attaining this end is , by adding to , and exaggerating the supernatural in- cidents of the tale . But far from increasing its effect ...
... means or other , the fading impression of its horrors . The most obvious and inartificial mode of attaining this end is , by adding to , and exaggerating the supernatural in- cidents of the tale . But far from increasing its effect ...
Pàgina 23
... means ; no attempt is made to soften their absurdity , or to reconcile their inconsistencies ; the reader must be contented to look upon the gambols of the author as he would behold the flying leaps and incongruous transmutations of ...
... means ; no attempt is made to soften their absurdity , or to reconcile their inconsistencies ; the reader must be contented to look upon the gambols of the author as he would behold the flying leaps and incongruous transmutations of ...
Pàgina 31
... means of diverting the parox- ysm . But that which is to the person whose mind is in a healthy state , but a transitory though disagreeable feeling , becomes an actual disease in such minds as that of Hoff- mann , which are doomed to ...
... means of diverting the parox- ysm . But that which is to the person whose mind is in a healthy state , but a transitory though disagreeable feeling , becomes an actual disease in such minds as that of Hoff- mann , which are doomed to ...
Pàgina 33
... mean to say that the imagination of Hoffmann was either wicked or corrupt , but only that it was ill - regu- lated , and had an undue tendency to the horrible and the distressing . Thus he was followed , especially in his hours of ...
... mean to say that the imagination of Hoffmann was either wicked or corrupt , but only that it was ill - regu- lated , and had an undue tendency to the horrible and the distressing . Thus he was followed , especially in his hours of ...
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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.