Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United KingdomJ. Murray, 1893 |
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Page 157 - I," said the Prince of Wales, " esteem Markham a much greater, wiser, and more learned man than Hurd, and a better teacher; and you will allow me to be a judge, for they were both my preceptors.
Page 51 - More useful to preserve, than I to kill,) Let me — But oh ! ye gracious powers above ! Wrath and revenge from men and gods remove : Far, far too dear to every mortal breast, Sweet to the soul, as honey to the taste : Gathering like vapours of a noxious kind From fiery blood, and darkening all the mind.
Page 189 - ... first line beginning with the same letter, which letter must also be the initial of the first word on which the stress of the voice falls in the second line. The only approach to a metrical system yet discovered is that two risings and two fallings of the voice seem necessary to each perfect line. Two distinct measures are met with, a shorter and a longer, both commonly mixed together in the same poem, the former being used for the ordinary narrative, and the latter adopted when the poet sought...
Page 100 - The boy's mother first boiled, and then mashed potatoes ; and his father, a well grown man in tartan breeks, ate them. Ducks and ducklings, a cat and a kitten, some hens and a baby, all tumbled about on the clay floor together, and expressed their delight at the savoury prospect, each in his own fashion ; and three wayfarers dropped in and listened for a spell, and passed their remarks till the ford was shallow. The light came streaming down the chimney, and through a single pane of glass, lighting...
Page 100 - He had the manner of a practised narrator, and it is quite evident that he is one; he chuckled at the interesting parts, and laid his withered finger on my knee as he gave out the terrible bits with due solemnity. A small boy in a kilt, with large round glittering eyes was standing mute at his knee, gazing at his wrinkled face, and devouring every word. The boy's mother first boiled, and then mashed potatoes; and his father, a well grown man in tartan breeks, ate them.
Page 148 - Dr Parr's taste was exquisite, his judgment infallible. One morning he sent for me to attend him in his library. I found him seated at one side of the fire, Mrs Parr leaning against the mantel on the opposite side, and a chair placed for me between them.
Page 59 - This must surely have been suggested by the speech of Diomede to Nestor in the Eighth Book: — That Hector's self may try If my lance dote with the defects, that fail best minds in age, Or finds the palsy in my hands, that doth thy life engage.
Page 113 - ... the stick, that beat the dog, that bit the cat, that ate the kid, that my father bought for two pieces of money, a kid, a kid.
Page 193 - Still there are many traces of its older form, and the Christianity which is introduced sits awkwardly on the Paganism which constantly peeps from under it. The poem of Beowulf is a magnificent and accurate picture of life in the heroic ages. Its plot is simple ; a few striking incidents, grandly traced, and casting strong and broad shadows, form the picture.
Page 198 - The Glory-Father* of men! How He, of all wonders The Eternal Lord, Formed the beginning. " He first created For the children of men Heaven as a roof, The Holy Creator ! Then, the world The Guardian of mankind, The Eternal Lord, Produced afterwards, — The earth for men, The Almighty Master!