Literary Style, and Other EssaysRose-Belford, 1881 - 312 pages |
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American Anatomy of Melancholy artistic asked beauty become Ben Jonson brain called centenarians Charles Lamb charm critics declared doubt dull egotism England English expression fact faculty fancy feel fish fool French genius gentle gentleman give Goethe heart human hundred ideas intellectual Izaak Walton Jeremy Taylor Johnson Joseph De Maistre Julius Cæsar knowledge labor language laugh learned less listen literary literature lived longevity look Macaulay meaning melancholy memory ment mental Milton mind moral nature never newspaper noble once original painter persons plagiarism poem poet political praise qualities repeat replied Sainte-Beuve says sense sentences Shakspeare Sir Walter Scott soul speak spirit strength style Sydney Smith taste tells temper things Thomas Fuller thought tion to-day told trout true truth verse vulgar whole words writer