University of Wisconsin Studies in Language and Literature, Oplag 1–3The University, 1918 |
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Side 34
... theory will have anticipated that the first effort of American wit would necessarily be a parody . Childhood is every where a parodist . America is all a parody , mimicry of her parents ; it is , however , the mimicry of a child ' techy ...
... theory will have anticipated that the first effort of American wit would necessarily be a parody . Childhood is every where a parodist . America is all a parody , mimicry of her parents ; it is , however , the mimicry of a child ' techy ...
Side 49
facts of little importance , and some very unsuccessful attempts at theory .... The want of refinement in the arts and in belles lettres , is by no means the only circumstance that distinguishes our kinsmen in North America from the ...
facts of little importance , and some very unsuccessful attempts at theory .... The want of refinement in the arts and in belles lettres , is by no means the only circumstance that distinguishes our kinsmen in North America from the ...
Side 13
... theory of the phenomena ; but the phenomena themselves , in their plain human truth , we cannot deny , and his theory has behind it the power of sincere inquiry , historic and personal . And we may notice in passing that this theology ...
... theory of the phenomena ; but the phenomena themselves , in their plain human truth , we cannot deny , and his theory has behind it the power of sincere inquiry , historic and personal . And we may notice in passing that this theology ...
Side 14
... theory of sin and atonement , whether Catholic or Protestant , is sure to seem inhuman . God knew beforehand that man , if he created him , would fall ; yet he created man ; he therefore , according to any human comprehension of his act ...
... theory of sin and atonement , whether Catholic or Protestant , is sure to seem inhuman . God knew beforehand that man , if he created him , would fall ; yet he created man ; he therefore , according to any human comprehension of his act ...
Side 74
... theory of the cursus . " The main object of the cursus is to secure an interval between stressed and unstressed sylla- bles , " writes Professor Clark . To some such scheme it is necessary to relate the rhythms of Sidney's prose ...
... theory of the cursus . " The main object of the cursus is to secure an interval between stressed and unstressed sylla- bles , " writes Professor Clark . To some such scheme it is necessary to relate the rhythms of Sidney's prose ...
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Side 19 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Side 278 - Of such wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for its own sake,' ' has most. For art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments
Side 27 - I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right; stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
Side 20 - Cherub, to be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering: but of this be sure, To do aught good never will be our task, But ever to do ill our sole delight, As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist.
Side 68 - ... the highest end of the mistress-knowledge, by the Greeks called architeklonike, which stands, as I think, in the knowledge of a man's self, in the ethic and politic consideration, with the end of well-doing, and not of well-knowing only...
Side 19 - Extort from me. To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee, and deify his power Who from the terror of this arm so late Doubted his empire - that were low indeed, That were an ignominy...
Side 112 - What objects are the fountains Of thy happy strain? What fields or waves or mountains? What shapes of sky or plain? What love of thine own kind? what ignorance of pain?
Side 20 - 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 labour must be to pervert that end, And out of good still to find means of evil...
Side 168 - The History of the Late Revolution of the Empire of the Great Mogul...
Side 26 - When common words were less pleasing to the ear, or less distinct in their signification, I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas...