The three Devils, with other essays |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 35
עמוד 22
... better ; to the inferior Angels nothing could be mentioned that would appear better . Again , the inferior Angels , judging from narrower premises , might indulge in enthusiastic expectations which the greater knowledge of the leaders ...
... better ; to the inferior Angels nothing could be mentioned that would appear better . Again , the inferior Angels , judging from narrower premises , might indulge in enthusiastic expectations which the greater knowledge of the leaders ...
עמוד 28
... better their condition , whereas their leaders sought only the gratification of their desire of action . The question next was , Who would venture out of Hell to explore the way to the new World ? Satan volunteered the perilous ...
... better their condition , whereas their leaders sought only the gratification of their desire of action . The question next was , Who would venture out of Hell to explore the way to the new World ? Satan volunteered the perilous ...
עמוד 30
... better to apply myself to the task of thoroughly impregnating one point of space with my presence than henceforth to beat my wings vaguely all through infinitude . Ah , but may not my nature suffer by the change ? In thus selecting a ...
... better to apply myself to the task of thoroughly impregnating one point of space with my presence than henceforth to beat my wings vaguely all through infinitude . Ah , but may not my nature suffer by the change ? In thus selecting a ...
עמוד 36
... Better somewhat his situation Hadst thou not given him that same light of in- spiration : Reason he calls ' t , and uses ' t so that he Grows but more beastly than the beasts to be ; He seems to me , begging your Grace's pardon , Like ...
... Better somewhat his situation Hadst thou not given him that same light of in- spiration : Reason he calls ' t , and uses ' t so that he Grows but more beastly than the beasts to be ; He seems to me , begging your Grace's pardon , Like ...
עמוד 40
... better amusement than this . Now this is not the conduct of a devil intent upon nothing so much as gaining possession of the soul of his victim . A Mil- tonic devil would have pressed on to the mark more . He would have been more self ...
... better amusement than this . Now this is not the conduct of a devil intent upon nothing so much as gaining possession of the soul of his victim . A Mil- tonic devil would have pressed on to the mark more . He would have been more self ...
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The Three Devils, with Other Essays <span dir=ltr>David Mather Masson</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2016 |
The Three Devils, with Other Essays <span dir=ltr>David Mather Masson</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2016 |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
a-year Addison Angels Archangel beauty Beelzebub Ben Jonson better blank verse called character Charles charming Chaucer comedies conceive conception criticism Crown 8vo Davenant death delightful Devil drama Dryden Earl Edition England English literature evil existence expression Extra fcap fact Fairy Faust feeling FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE genius Goethe Goethe's Mephistopheles going Heaven HEIR OF REDCLYFFE heroic or rhymed Hudibras human humour Illustrations imagination intellectual Ireland kind laureate laureateship literary lived London Luther MALL GAZETTE melancholy Mephistopheles Milton Milton's Satan mind mode moral nature never notion PALL MALL GAZETTE Paradise Lost peculiar period poem poet poetical poetry prose Puritan readers reign respect rhymed tragedy Satan satire Shakespeare Sonnets spirit Stella story style Swift taste things thinking thought tion Tom D'Urfey Vanessa verse volume Waller Whig Whiggism whole William Davenant words write written
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 84 - Desiring this man's art and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, and then my state, Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate; For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
עמוד 10 - THE FAIRY BOOK; the Best Popular Fairy Stories. Selected and rendered anew by the Author of
עמוד 212 - And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide...
עמוד 11 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides, Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
עמוד 25 - As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist. If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good, Our...
עמוד 111 - They that have power to hurt and will do none, That do not do the thing they most do show, Who, moving others, are themselves as stone...
עמוד 11 - Guesses at Truth. By Two BROTHERS. New Edition. The Cavalier and his Lady. Selections from the Works of the First Duke and Duchess of Newcastle. With an Introductory Essay by EDWARD JENKINS, Author of " Ginx's Baby,
עמוד 89 - No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it: as thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth...
עמוד 88 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
עמוד 86 - No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell : Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it ; for I love you so That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot, If thinking on me then should make you woe.