Southwest Review, Volumes 6-7Southern Methodist University, 1921 |
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... thing you can get only in a novel , ' said Maxwell , musingly . ' You couldn't possibly give the feeling of it in a play . ' ' ' Couldn't you give the feeling of the people looking at it ? ' sug- gested his wife , and she put her hand ...
... thing you can get only in a novel , ' said Maxwell , musingly . ' You couldn't possibly give the feeling of it in a play . ' ' ' Couldn't you give the feeling of the people looking at it ? ' sug- gested his wife , and she put her hand ...
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... thing there , no matter how low its origin or humble its composition ; and the magnificence of that moonlight scene gave me no deeper joy than I won from the fine spectacle of an old man whom I saw burning coffee one night in the little ...
... thing there , no matter how low its origin or humble its composition ; and the magnificence of that moonlight scene gave me no deeper joy than I won from the fine spectacle of an old man whom I saw burning coffee one night in the little ...
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... Things that appear ugliest in reality to the spectator who is not an artist , " he continues , “ are transformed into beauty and poetry when the spirit of the artist possesses itself of them . We all take part every day in a thousand ...
... Things that appear ugliest in reality to the spectator who is not an artist , " he continues , “ are transformed into beauty and poetry when the spirit of the artist possesses itself of them . We all take part every day in a thousand ...
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... thing , a negation of all the beauty and heroism and distinction in the world . But it was really otherwise with the ... things and its communication . It is now clearer , though not clear enough for the salvation . of popular fiction ...
... thing , a negation of all the beauty and heroism and distinction in the world . But it was really otherwise with the ... things and its communication . It is now clearer , though not clear enough for the salvation . of popular fiction ...
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... thing shared by Howells and Balzac , whom James called his master . A fair portion of James ' writing interests us only by its exceeding fineness and cunning of texture ; it is memorable in vividness , delicacy , and variety of nuance ...
... thing shared by Howells and Balzac , whom James called his master . A fair portion of James ' writing interests us only by its exceeding fineness and cunning of texture ; it is memorable in vividness , delicacy , and variety of nuance ...
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Page 303 - And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Page 68 - Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being.
Page 216 - In spite of difference of soil and climate, of language and manners, of laws and customs: in spite of things silently gone out of mind, and things violently destroyed; the Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society, as it is spread over the whole earth, and over all time.
Page 298 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Page 303 - I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Page 352 - tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Page 188 - The too clear web, and thy dumb sister's shame? Dost thou once more assay Thy flight, and feel come over thee, Poor fugitive, the feathery change Once more, and once more seem to make resound With love and hate, triumph and agony, Lone Daulis, and the high Cephissian vale?
Page 329 - Speak to Him thou for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet — Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.
Page 332 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.