Specimens of NarrationWilliam Tenney Brewster H. Holt, 1895 - 209 стор. |
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... novels , such as George Eliot's , the interest lies rather in the workings of the mind than in acts . Yet these subjects ... novel . 4 For example , Looking Backward . 5 The typical form of the Sunday - school book . For such fictitious ...
... novels , such as George Eliot's , the interest lies rather in the workings of the mind than in acts . Yet these subjects ... novel . 4 For example , Looking Backward . 5 The typical form of the Sunday - school book . For such fictitious ...
Сторінка xiii
... novel ; from the epic poem to the dramatic lyric ; from Homer to Browning . That narrative is so important and so varied ; that it is so ill defined ; and , finally , that there has been so much bad narrative in the world is the ...
... novel ; from the epic poem to the dramatic lyric ; from Homer to Browning . That narrative is so important and so varied ; that it is so ill defined ; and , finally , that there has been so much bad narrative in the world is the ...
Сторінка xvi
... novels as Miss Austen's Pride and Prejudice , novels which attempt to portray 13 For excellent statements of the case , see Mr. Henry James's The Art of Fiction , and Stevenson's A Humble Remonstrance . 14 The Philosophy of the Short ...
... novels as Miss Austen's Pride and Prejudice , novels which attempt to portray 13 For excellent statements of the case , see Mr. Henry James's The Art of Fiction , and Stevenson's A Humble Remonstrance . 14 The Philosophy of the Short ...
Сторінка xviii
... Novel of the Curious Impertinent in Don Quixote , and hardly of the digres- sions in Pickwick Papers.16 Minor bits of incohe- rence in narrative are best seen in the irrelevant talk of the characters . Most important of all factors in ...
... Novel of the Curious Impertinent in Don Quixote , and hardly of the digres- sions in Pickwick Papers.16 Minor bits of incohe- rence in narrative are best seen in the irrelevant talk of the characters . Most important of all factors in ...
Сторінка xxii
... novels which affect powerfully a large class of readers are hardly good narrative ; for them the test of interest is not final . Since this is so , we are thrown back upon the second test , that which concerns the mood of narration ...
... novels which affect powerfully a large class of readers are hardly good narrative ; for them the test of interest is not final . Since this is so , we are thrown back upon the second test , that which concerns the mood of narration ...
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Сторінка 157 - I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life...
Сторінка 158 - I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept.
Сторінка 159 - What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other ? What thou seest, says he, is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now...
Сторінка 159 - I see, said I, a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it. The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is part of the great tide of eternity. What is the reason...
Сторінка 158 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Сторінка 163 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Сторінка 160 - But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it; and upon...
Сторінка 158 - I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Сторінка 162 - Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I, saw opening every moment upon the bridge.
Сторінка 160 - Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundred.