The Harvard Classics, Volume 39P.F. Collier & son, 1909 |
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... written , which methought I understood the sentence and substance of every matter . And for so much as this book was new and late made and drawn into French , and never had seen it in our English tongue , I thought in myself it should ...
... written , which methought I understood the sentence and substance of every matter . And for so much as this book was new and late made and drawn into French , and never had seen it in our English tongue , I thought in myself it should ...
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... written or said to her pleasure , I shall think my labour well employed , and whereas there is de- fault that she arette it to the simpleness of my cunning which is full small in this behalf ; and require and pray all them that shall ...
... written or said to her pleasure , I shall think my labour well employed , and whereas there is de- fault that she arette it to the simpleness of my cunning which is full small in this behalf ; and require and pray all them that shall ...
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... writing of the same my pen is worn , my hand weary and not steadfast , mine eyne dimmed with overmuch looking on the white paper , and my courage not so prone and ready to labour as it hath been , and that age creepeth on me daily and ...
... writing of the same my pen is worn , my hand weary and not steadfast , mine eyne dimmed with overmuch looking on the white paper , and my courage not so prone and ready to labour as it hath been , and that age creepeth on me daily and ...
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... written with pen and ink as other books be , to the end that every man may have them at once . For all the books of this story , named " The Recule of the Histories of Troy " thus imprinted as ye here see , were begun in one day and ...
... written with pen and ink as other books be , to the end that every man may have them at once . For all the books of this story , named " The Recule of the Histories of Troy " thus imprinted as ye here see , were begun in one day and ...
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... written them , ne what hath moved him so to do , ne what cause he had at that time ; but I suppose that some fair ... writing of women , he ought not , ne should not , be believed in his other dictes and sayings . But I perceive that my ...
... written them , ne what hath moved him so to do , ne what cause he had at that time ; but I suppose that some fair ... writing of women , he ought not , ne should not , be believed in his other dictes and sayings . But I perceive that my ...
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admiration ancient appear arette Aristotle artist beauty burlesque Canterbury Tales cause character Charles the Simple Chaucer Christ comedy composition criticism death diction divers divine doth drama earth effect English epic eternal Faery Queene faith father feelings French genius give grotesque hath HC XXXIX Hippolyte Adolphe Taine Holy Homer hope human Iliad imagination judgment King King Arthur knowledge labour language laws Le Cid learning less living Lord matter ment metre mind modern Molière nation nature never noble objects observation opinion Ovid Paradise Lost passions perhaps persons philosophy plays pleasure poem poet poetic poetry preface present produced prose reader reason religion saith sciences sense sentiments Shakespeare sometimes soul speak spirit taste therein things thought tion tragedy translated true truth unto verse Virgil Voltaire whole William Caxton words write
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Página 174 - But enough of this : there is such a variety of game springing up before me, that I am distracted in my choice, and know not which to follow. Tis sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty.
Página 322 - She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Página 220 - Nothing can please many, and please long, but just representations of general nature. Particular manners can be known to few, and therefore few only can judge how nearly they are copied. The irregular combinations of fanciful invention may delight awhile, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest ; but the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth.
Página 301 - ... the emotion is contemplated till by a species of reaction the tranquillity gradually disappears, and an emotion, kindred to that which was before the subject of contemplation, is gradually produced, and does itself actually exist in the mind. In this mood successful composition generally begins, and in a mood similar to this it is carried on...
Página 182 - I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Página 220 - Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all modern j writers, the poet of nature; the poet that holds up to his / readers a faithful mirrour of manners and of life. His ^ characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate but upon small numbers; or by the accidents of transient fashions or temporary opinions: they are the genuine progeny of common humanity, such as the world...
Página 173 - He must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive nature, because, as it has been truly observed of him, he has taken into the compass of his " Canterbury Tales" the various manners and humours (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his age.