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we can hardly doubt that he had his readers in his mind . Mr . Meredith , with all
his gifts , is neither a Shakespeare nor a Garrick . He cannot identify himself with
the gravediggers as easily as with Hamlet , or play low comedy so as to bring ...
we can hardly doubt that he had his readers in his mind . Mr . Meredith , with all
his gifts , is neither a Shakespeare nor a Garrick . He cannot identify himself with
the gravediggers as easily as with Hamlet , or play low comedy so as to bring ...
Page 52
... his mind that his happiness is bound up in Emilia . When he tardily repents and
returns , he seems to have lost her irretrievably - - and yet her influence is still so
strong , that it induces him to resign his cominission and to take service with the ...
... his mind that his happiness is bound up in Emilia . When he tardily repents and
returns , he seems to have lost her irretrievably - - and yet her influence is still so
strong , that it induces him to resign his cominission and to take service with the ...
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How did it happen that what in one age was the common belief of the wisest in
the land became a few years later the derision of all who had emerged from the
lowest depth of ignorance ? A rationalistic spirit was permeating the minds of
men .
How did it happen that what in one age was the common belief of the wisest in
the land became a few years later the derision of all who had emerged from the
lowest depth of ignorance ? A rationalistic spirit was permeating the minds of
men .
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A rationalistic spirit was permeating the minds of men . The previous
predisposition to belief in the constant intervention of supernatural causes was
largely dependent on the views generally accepted as to the government of the
world and on ...
A rationalistic spirit was permeating the minds of men . The previous
predisposition to belief in the constant intervention of supernatural causes was
largely dependent on the views generally accepted as to the government of the
world and on ...
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There is in some minds a craving for the supernatural ; a feeling of impatience of ,
almost of hostility to , any explanation , based upon natural causes , of those
marvels in which there is an inclination to believe . To sift with perfect frankness
the ...
There is in some minds a craving for the supernatural ; a feeling of impatience of ,
almost of hostility to , any explanation , based upon natural causes , of those
marvels in which there is an inclination to believe . To sift with perfect frankness
the ...
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Page 491 - Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea : I am become a name ; For always roaming with a hungry heart Much have I seen and known ; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but...
Page 491 - We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Page 491 - In offices of tenderness, and pay Meet adoration to my household gods, When I am gone. He works his work, I mine. There lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail: There gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners...
Page 490 - THERE is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass, Or night-dews on still waters between walls Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass; Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes; Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies. Here are cool mosses deep, And thro...
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Page 506 - And bore him to a chapel nigh the field, A broken chancel with a broken cross, That stood on a dark strait of barren land. On one side lay the Ocean, and on one Lay a great water, and the moon was full.
Page 259 - I expected to find a contest between a government and a people: I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single state: I found a struggle, not of principles, but of races; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions until we could first succeed in terminating the deadly animosity that now separates the inhabitants of Lower Canada into the hostile divisions of French and English.
Page 490 - All things are taken from us, and become Portions and parcels of the dreadful Past. Let us alone. What pleasure can we have To war with evil? Is there any peace In ever climbing up the climbing wave? All things have rest, and ripen toward the grave In silence; ripen, fall and cease: Give us long rest or death, dark death, or dreamful ease.