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...debating the matter with myself, I could not possibly lay the fault upon the art, but upon those gross impostors, who set up to be the artists. I know... ... ex- cused for thinking so, when he sees in how wretched a manner that noble art is treated by a few mean illiterate traders be- tween us and the star... ...ns. I intend in a short time to publish a large and rational defence of this art, and therefore shall say no more in its justification at present, tha... ...f uninspir d mortals: To which if we add, that those who have condemned this art, though oth erwise learned, having been such as either did not apply ... ...y did not understand. Nor am I at all offended, or think it an injury to the art, when I see the common dealers in it, the students in astrology, the ... ...s do only incline, and not force the actions or wills of men: And therefore, however I may proceed by right rules, yet I cannot in prudence so confide... ...or man s death, as well as the predictor, may be very reasonably dis- puted. However, it must be confess d the matter is odd enough, whether we should... ...on, To make a dreadful Night at Noon. He at fit Periods walks through Aries, Howe er our earthly Motion varies; And twice a Year he ll cut th Equator...

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...f poetry as Aristotle, and nearly as eloquent an expounder of the rules of art and the glories of genius as Longinus. In the same year, Pope printed “... ...im having written at college, as was averred, this translation. It is now, however, we believe, cer- tain, from the MS. which still exists, that Ticke... ...titled, “The Narrative of Dr Robert Norris on the Frenzy of J.D.” In this, however, he overshot the mark; and Addison signified to him that he was dis... ...his fine epistle to Jervas, the painter. Pope was passionately fond of the art of painting, and practised it a good deal under Jervas’s instructions, ... ...ile at Binfield, he had often visited London; and there, in the society of Howe, Garth, Parnell, and the rest, used to indulge in occasional excesses,... ... thor) in Dublin, and then reprinted in London. The first perfect edition, however, did not appear in London till 1729. On the day of its publication,... ... more complete pieces. They constantly applied themselves not only to that art, but to that single branch of an art, to which their talent was most po... ...t we ought to judge of pastorals. And since the instructions given for any art are to be deliv- ered as that art is in perfection, they must of necess... ...lexander Pope – V olume One The hills and rocks attend my doleful lay; Why art thou prouder and more hard than they? The bleating sheep with my compla...

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...untenance (a laudable and ancient custom, happily re vived of late in the art of war), so the learned, after a sharp and bloody dispute, do, on both ... ...d and worse clad; their horses large, but extremely out of case and heart; however, some few, by The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces – Swi... ...h of many thousands of his subjects whom his enemy had slain and devoured. However, he at length valiantly resolved to issue forth and meet his fate. ... ...to disparage myself,” said he, “by the comparison with such a rascal, what art thou but a vagabond without house or home, without stock or inheritance... ...orth take warning, and consider duration and matter, as well as method and art. Y ou boast, indeed, of being obliged to no other creature, but of draw... ...nd satire, much of a nature and substance with the spiders’ poison; which, however they pretend to spit wholly out of them selves, is improved by the... ... his was of gold and cost a hundred beeves, the other’s but of rusty iron. However, this glittering armour became the Modern yet worsen than his own. ... ... of sap, full of leaves, and full of boughs; but now in vain does the busy art of man pretend to vie with nature, by tying that withered bundle of twi... ...pped off his green boughs, and left him a withered trunk; he then flies to art, and puts on a periwig, valuing himself upon an unnatural bundle of hai...

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...ony, statement upon statement, is consigned to denial and oblivion. It is, however, unfortunate that the professed biographies of Homer are partly for... ... Cumans say, he composed an epitaph on Gordius, king of Phrygia, which has however, and with greater probability, been at tributed to Cleobulus of Li... ...s for his stupidity in taking in and feeding maimed and enfeebled persons. However, he bade him bring the stranger to him. “Glaucus told Homer what ha... ...his judgment to his imagination, and to condescend to dry details. Before, however, entering into particulars respecting the question of this unity of... ...never have described a blind man as attaining the utmost perfection in his art, if he had been conscious that the memory of the bard was onlv maintain... ...scussions respecting whether the poems were written or not, or whether the art of writing was known in the time of their reputed author. Suffice it to... ...efore the palace gate (Sad spoils of luxury), the suitors sate. With rival art, and ardour in their mien, At chess they vie, to captivate the queen; D... ...e, And the new friend with courteous air embraced. “Stranger, whoe’er thou art, securely rest, Affianced in my faith, a ready guest; Approach the dome... ...th of seas, a toilsome length, in vain. For, voyaging to learn the direful art To taint with deadly drugs the barbed dart; Observant of the gods, and ...

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...ce made by an author so profoundly versed in the different branches of his art. By fixing, then, the date of my story Sixty Years before the present 1... ...uld have remained a batchelor at seventy- two. The prospect of succession, however remote, might in that case have led him to endure dragging through ... ...ore than proportioned to his talents or his political impor- tance. It was however, discovered that he had respectable tal- ents for public business, ... ...ir. These various ideas floated through the brain of Sir Everard, without, however, produc- ing any determined conclusion. He examined the tree of his... ...e, they had quartered with the an- cient coat of Waverley. These offences, however, had vanished from Sir Everard’s recollection in the heat of his re... ...nity of acquiring habits of firm and assiduous application, of gaining the art of controlling, directing, and concentrating the powers of his mind for... ..., and concentrating the powers of his mind for ear- nest investigation,—an art far more essential than even that intimate acquaintance with classical ... ... very same time. Miss Stubbs had indeed summoned up every assistance which art could afford to beauty; but, alas! hoop, patches, frizzled locks, and a... ...onger necessary, and when the Scottish architects had not yet acquired the art of designing a domestic residence. The windows were number- less, but v...

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...ony, statement upon statement, is consigned to denial and oblivion. It is, however, unfortunate that the professed biographies of Homer are partly for... ...appended to my prose translation of the Odyssey. The present abridge- ment however, will contain all that is of use to the reader, for the biographica... ... Cumans say, he composed an epitaph on Gordius, king of Phrygia, which has however, and with greater probability, been at- tributed to Cleobulus of Li... ...s for his stupidity in taking in and feeding maimed and enfeebled persons. However, he bade him bring the stranger to him. Glaucus told Homer what had... ...ver have described a blind man as attaining the utmost perfec- tion in his art, if he had been conscious that the memory of the bard was only maintain... ...scussions respecting whether the poems were written or not, or whether the art of writing was known in the time of their reputed author. Suffice it to... ..., which masters everything besides, can never attain to this. It furnishes art with all her materials, and without it judgment itself can at best but ... ...erials, and without it judgment itself can at best but “steal wisely:” for art is only like a pru- dent steward that lives on managing the riches of n... ...o which the invention must not contribute: as in the most regular gardens, art can only reduce beauties of nature to more regularity, and such a figur...

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...er Cumberland, Wolfe, Hawke, Prince Ferdinand, Granby, Burgoyne, Keppel, Howe, Evil and good, have had their tithe of talk, And fill’d their... ...esides, the prince is all for the land service, Forgetting Duncan, Nelson, Howe, and Jervis. Brave men were living before Agamemnon And since,... ...ave served him for the prompter’s copy; For her Feinagle’s were an useless art, And he himself obliged to shut up shop — he Could never make a... ...t Donna Julia’s grandmamma Produced her Don more heirs at love than law. However this might be, the race went on Improving still through every... ... a doubt; but ne’er magician’s wand Wrought change with all Armida’s fairy art Like what this light touch left on Juan’s heart. And if she met h... ...curity entwine, Here is the empire of thy perfect bliss, And here thou art a god indeed divine.’ The bard I quote from does not sing amiss, ... ...n her cheek, and yet she felt no wrong. Oh Love! how perfect is thy mystic art, Strengthening the weak, and trampling on the strong, How self ... ...iter’d, and he told her to be gone, An order somewhat sullenly obey’d; However, present remedy was none, And no great good seem’d answer’d i... ...Mine is the victim, and would be again; To love too much has been the only art I used;— I write in haste, and if a stain Be on this sheet, ‘t ...

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...ines so in the corner; yet I fear, If there were many Lilias in the brood, However deep you might embower the nest, Some boy would spy it.’ ... ...society. They boated and they cricketed; they talked At wine, in clubs, of art, of politics; They lost their weeks; they vext the souls of deans; They... ...ed on Mahomet With much contempt, and came to chivalry: When some respect, however slight, was paid To woman, superstition all awry: However then comm... ...ubt and tost it to and fro: A clamour thickened, mixt with inmost terms Of art and science: Lady Blanche alone Of faded form and haughtiest lineament... ...verywhere! we like them well: But children die; and let me tell you, girl, Howe’er you babble, great deeds cannot die; They with the sun and moon rene... ...instinct hiveward, found at length The garden portals. Two great statues, Art And Science, Caryatids, lifted up A weight of emblem, and betwixt were ... ...ing that trusts him, and to shame That which he says he loves: for Cyril, howe’er He deal in frolic, as tonight—the song Might have been worse and si... ...half Without you; with you, whole; and of those halves Y ou worthiest; and howe’er you block and bar Y our heart with system out from mine, I hold Tha...

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...scarce was music, but ’twas all I knew. It was not music, for I lacked the art, Yet what but frozen music filled my heart? Chirp, chirp, I went, nor h... ... muse of my heart! Sans finish and sans frame, Leave unadorned by needless art The picture as it came. 18 Songs of Travel XXVIII - TO AN ISLAND PRINC... ...e warlike scene; And played alike the leader’s part In lawful and unlawful art. His soldiers with emboldened ears Heard him laugh among the spears. He... ...e Augments his treasury of lore, Eager in age as erst in youth To catch an art, to learn a truth, To paint on the internal page A clearer picture of t... ...nd brooded, bloomed and dreamed, Unmeaning, undivined. It seemed No other art, no hope, they knew, Than clutch the earth and seek the blue. ‘Mid vege... ...aces, Standing stones on the vacant wine-red moor, Hills of sheep, and the howes of the silent vanished races, And winds, austere and pure: Be it gran...

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...in into all quarters of the world. Greece, so attractive by its remains of art, by its struggles for freedom against a Mohammedan tyrant, by its very ... ... the power of such invention, which is indeed one of the requisites of the art. 5 Sir Walter Scott Prince David of Scotland, who was actually in the ... ...spect to Conrade of Montserrat’s life, as well as his death. That Conrade, however, was reckoned the enemy of Richard is agreed both in history and ro... ...orner of Europe where they had drawn their adventurous swords. It was not, however, to all the race that fortune proposed such tempting rewards; and t... ...is safest es- cort, and devout thoughts as his best companion. Nature had, however, her demands for refreshment and repose even on the iron frame and ... ...orses seemed no less to enjoy the interval of repose. That of the Saracen, however, though he had been forced into much the more violent and extended ... ...lf to his usual serene gravity; “List to a Frank, and hear a fable.” “Thou art not courteous, misbeliever,” replied the Cru- sader, “to doubt the word... ...ers, by telling what is impossible, and reporting what never chanced. Thou art one of the knights of France, who hold it for glee and pastime to gab, ... ...e- sent the infidel champions, and the fabulous description which a sister art still presents as the Saracen’s Head upon signposts. His features were ...

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...Poets, who think that they are conferring honour upon themselves and their art in proportion as they separate themselves from the sympathies of men, a... ...lings of disgust are connected with them as it is scarcely possible by any art of association to overpower. If in a Poem there should be found a serie... ...ons have I written in verse? T o this in the first place I reply, because, however I may have restricted myself, there is still left open to me what c... ...eased by such composition and what can I do more for him? The power of any art is limited and he will suspect that if I propose to furnish him with ne... ...teous forms of things; —We murder to dissect. Enough of science and of art; Close up these barren leaves; Come forth, and bring with you a hea... ...e for me; I feel I must have died with thee. Oh wind that o’er my head art flying, The way my friends their course did bend, I should not feel... ... have kept pure, Stranger! henceforth be warned; and know, that pride, Howe’er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness; that he, who feels c...

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...I cannot wish aright – Wish Thou for me. O bend my words and acts to Thee, However ill, That I, whate’er I say or be, May serve Thee still. O let my t... ... taken, what avails the shrine? The locket, pictureless? O heart of mine, Art thou not worse than that, Still warm, a vacant nest where love once sat... ...led my heart Boldly to choose the better part, To leave the beaten ways of art, And wholly free To dare, beyond the scanty chart, The deeper sea. All ... ...t. Being snubbed is somewhat smart, Believe, my sweet; And I needed all my art To restore my broken heart To its conceit. Come and smile, dear, and fo... ...s your graceful head, No bigger than a flower, Is set with such a witching art, Is so provocatively smart, I’d like to wear it on my heart, An order f... ...Inter the old, despoil the new; There shall at length, be sure, O friends, Howe’er ye steer, whate’er ye do – 86 New Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson ... ...re she backed, once more a space apart Considered and reviewed her work of art: Doubtful at first, and gravely yet awhile; Till all her features bloss...

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...ferred, but the torrent of Mr. Henley’s enthusiasm swept him off his feet. However, after several plays had been finished, and his health seriously im... ...r with this conduct of my father’s, was more than I could read. Certainly, however, he seemed to be out- growing that distaste, or ill-will, that he h... ...ak was he that I could do nothing but consent. I locked him into his room, however, and pocketed the, key, and then returning to the kitchen, made up ... ...at time of day, for the boat had just gone north with passengers. A skiff, however, lay beside the pier, with some seamen sleep- 35 Robert Louis Stev... ... see it at the best. So they were had into the palace and showed the whole art of the sword for two hours at a stretch, before King George and Queen C... ...down with continual and aimless go- ings and comings in the rain. As soon, however, as the sun came out, I lay down on the top of that rock to dry mys... ...and upon it in a certain manner, “I swear upon the Holy Iron I had neither art nor part, act nor thought in it.” “I thank God for that!” cried I, and ...

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...the race. Generosity he has, such as is possible to those who practise an art, never to those who drive a trade; discretion, tested by a hundred secr... ... conduct for what I should have supposed to be the less congenial field of art: there she may now be said to rage, and with special severity in all th... ...er wearied, to commemorate shades of mis-pronunciation. Now spelling is an art of great diffi- culty in my eyes, and I am inclined to lean upon the pr... ... age of years, to east and west More widely borne our cradles. Thou to me Art foreign, as when seamen at the dawn Descry a land far off and know not ... ...et Depart, my soul, not yet awhile depart. Freedom is far, rest far. Thou art with life Too closely woven, nerve with nerve intwined; Service still c... ...ller air; The muircock an’ the barefit bairn Are happy there. Sic-like the howes o’ life to some: Green loans whaur they ne’er fash their thumb. But m...

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...first. Things immoral would of course fall within that category; of these, however, I cannot reproach myself with ever having pub- lished so much as o... ...r the world of possible read- ers, “as good as manuscript”? Not to insist, however, upon any romantic rigor in constructing this idea, and abiding by ... ...ainly know, or entirely believe, that any such thing was really said. But, however that may be, no repre- sentation can be more opposed to the facts. ... ...d to ask for a more determi- nate adjudication on their claims as works of art. At present, I feel authorized to make haughtier pretensions in right o... ...yet of death I could, at that time, have had no experience whatever. This, however, I was speedily to acquire. My two eldest sisters—eldest of three t... ...he grave, the coffin, the face are sealed up forever and ever. Grief! thou art classed amongst the depressing passions. And true it is that thou humbl... ...y illumination (from the sun) mingling with the earthly emblazonries (from art and its gorgeous coloring) of what is grandest in man. There were the a... ... his death, which shall be—mighty and essen- tial solitude! that wast, and art, and art to be; thou broodest, like the Spirit of God moving upon the s... ...within the gates of death. O mighty and essential solitude, that wast, and art, and art to be, thy kingdom is made perfect in the grave; but even over...

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...y; but in the case of Scott I supposed that the text of Black?s so-called ?Author?s Edition? could be depended upon as accurate. Almost at the start, however, I detected sundry obvious misprints in one of the many forms in which this edition is issued, and an examination of others showed that they were as bad in their way....

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...Author’s Edition” could be depended upon as accurate. Almost at the start, however, I detected sundry obvious misprints in one of the many forms in wh... ...ntive bent, And locks flung back, and lips apart, Like monument of Grecian art, In listening mood, she seemed to stand, The guardian Naiad of the stra... ...llant’s sigh, And leading star of every eye, And theme of every minstrel’s art, The Lady of the Bleeding Heart!’ XI. ‘Fair dreams are these,’ the maid... ... chorus wild, the Chieftain’s name; While, prompt to please, with mother’s art The darling passion of his heart, The Dame called Ellen to the strand, ... ...nd rain. It might have tamed a warrior’s heart To view such mockery of his art! The knot-grass fettered there the hand Which once could burst an iron ... ...n, Like the foam on the river, Like the bubble on the fountain, Thou art gone, and forever! XVII. See Stumah, who, the bier beside His master’s ... ...he jealous niggard grudge T o pay the forester his fee? I’ll have my share howe’er it be, Despite of Moray, Mar, or thee.’ Bertram his forward step wi... ...g if man- aged with the slightest address or dexterity. I may now confess, however, that the employment, though attended with great pleasure, was not ... ... enjoyed for a time that popularity which is so much coveted. I conceived, however, that I held the distinguished situa- tion I had obtained, however ...

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... so? If it be so, you have wound a goodly clew; If it be not, forswear t: howe er, I charge thee, As heaven shall work in me for thine avail, Tell me... ... doctors leave us and The congregated college have concluded That laboring art can never ransom nature From her inaidible estate; I say we must not S... ...what at full I know, thou know st no part, I knowing all my peril, thou no art. HELENA: What I can do can do no hurt to try, Since you set up your re... ...inst the level of mine aim; But know I think and think I know most sure My art is not past power nor you past cure. KING: Are thou so confident? wit... ... burthen. I have now found thee; when I lose thee again, I care not: yet art thou good for nothing but taking up; and that thou t scarce worth. PARO... ... give me most egregious indignity. LAFEU: Ay, with all my heart; and thou art wor- thy of it. PAROLLES: I have not, my lord, deserved it. LAFEU: Ye... ...choice; yet in his idle fire, To buy his will, it would not seem too dear, Howe er repented after. Widow: Now I see The bottom ... ...hould stead her most? BERTRAM: My gracious sovereign, Howe er it pleases you to take it so, The ring was never hers. COUNTESS: ... ...im away. [Guards seize BERTRAM.] My fore-past proofs, howe er the matter fall, Shall tax my fears of little vanity, Having vainly...

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... deer; O, that is entertainment My bosom likes not, nor my brows! Mamillius, Art thou my boy? MAMILLIUS: Ay, my good lord. LEONTES: ... ...all call’d neat.—Still virginalling Upon his palm!—How now, you wanton calf! Art thou my calf? MAMILLIUS: Yes, if you will, my lord. LEONTES: ... ...ommunicatest with dreams;—how can this be?— With what’s unreal thou coactive art, And fellow’st nothing: then ’tis very credent Thou mayst co join wit... ...so. CAMILLO: Be it forbid, my lord! LEONTES: To bide upon’t, thou art not honest, or, If thou inclinest that way, thou art a coward, Which ... ... But I’ld say he had not, And I’ll be sworn you would believe my saying, Howe’er you lean to the nayward. LEONTES: You, my lords, ... ...t, Without more overture. LEONTES: How could that be? Either thou art most ignorant by age, Or thou wert born a fool. Camillo’s flight, Add... ...tongues to talk their bitterest. First Lord : Say no more: Howe’er the business goes, you have made fault I’ the boldness of your sp...

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...I could address an English one.” He was sent to Manchester Grammar School, however, in order that after three years’ stay he might secure a scholarshi... ...er, 1802, De Quincey then led a wayfarer’s life.* He soon lost his guinea, however, by ceasing to keep his family informed of his whereabouts, and sub... ... the penetrative power of his intellect. The wide range of his sub- jects, however, deprives his papers when taken together of the weight which might ... ...nt qualities in good writing appeal to inexperienced read- ers. I believe, however, that this skill in narration is De Quincey’s most persistent quali... ...the victim of the worst of bad habits? We can hardly praise too highly the art which even as we look beneath it throws its glamour over us still. Nor ... ... language is joined to so much constructive skill, the result is narrative art of high quality,—an achievement that must be in no small measure the so... ...Snakes of Iceland.” The entire chapter consists of these six words— “There art no snakes in Iceland.” **“Forbidden seat”:—The very sternest code of ru... ... clops the Charioteer), I, and others known to me, studied the diphrelatic art. Excuse, reader, a word too elegant to be pedantic. As a pupil, though ... ...g his want of an eye. Doubt- less that made him blind to my merits. In the art of conver- sation, however, he admitted that I had the whip-hand of him...

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... I yet beseech your majesty,— If for I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose not; since what I well intend, I’ll do’t before I... ...is love, I shall not be his wife. KING OF FRANCE: Fairest Cordelia, that art most rich, being poor; Most choice, forsaken; and most loved, despised!... ...loucester’s castle. [Enter EDMUND, with a letter. ] EDMUND: Thou, nature, art my goddess; to thy law My services are bound. Wherefore should I Stand... ...go get it ready. [Exit an Attendant. ] How now! what art thou? KENT: A man, sir. KING LEAR: What dost thou profess? what wou... ...ment; to fight when I cannot choose; and to eat no fish. KING LEAR: What art thou? KENT: A very honest hearted fellow, and as poor as the king. KI... ...rst seize on. EDMUND: I shall serve you, sir, Truly, however else. GLOUCESTER: For him I thank your 53 grac... ...lood, They are apt enough to dislocate and tear 118 Thy flesh and bones: howe’er thou art a fiend, A woman’s shape doth shield thee. GONERIL: Marry... ... my blood, They are apt enough to dislocate and tear Thy flesh and bones: howe’er thou art a fiend, A woman’s shape doth shield thee. GONERIL: Marry...