The Quarterly Review, Volume 192John Murray, 1900 - English literature |
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Page 27 - Could I embody and unbosom now That which is most within me — could I wreak My thoughts upon expression, and thus throw Soul, heart, mind, passions, feelings, strong or weak, All that I would have sought, and all I seek, Bear, know, feel, and yet breathe — into one word, And that one word were Lightning, I would speak ; But as it is, I live and die unheard, With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword.
Page 40 - This should have been a noble creature: he Hath all the energy which would have made A goodly frame of glorious elements, Had they been wisely mingled; as it is, It is an awful chaos — light and darkness, And mind and dust, and passions and pure thoughts, Mix'd, and contending without end or order, All dormant or destructive.
Page 386 - The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
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Page 238 - The Sunday before his death, he rose suddenly from his bed or couch, called for one of his instruments, took it into his hand, and said, My God, my God, My music shall find thee, And every string Shall have his attribute to sing.
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Page 493 - ... an immediate declaration of the nation's purpose to give to the Filipinos first, a stable form of government; second, independence, and third, protection from outside interference such as has been given for nearly a century to the republics of Central and South America.
Page 26 - What an antithetical mind! — tenderness, roughness — delicacy, coarseness — sentiment, sensuality — soaring and grovelling, dirt and deity — all mixed up in that one compound of inspired clay!