History of English Literature Volume 2 (of 3)Taine, Hippolyte
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History of English Literature Volume 2 (of 3)
Taine, Hippolyte
English literature -- History and criticism
[Footnote 277: Ibid.]
[Footnote 278: "The Plain Dealer," V. 1.]
[Footnote 279: Compare with the sayings of Alceste, in Molière's
"Misanthrope," such tirades as this: "Such as you, like common whores
and pickpockets, are only dangerous to those you embrace." And with the
character of Philinte, in the same French play, such phrases as these:
"But, faith, could you think I was a friend to those I hugged, kissed,
flattered, bowed to? When their backs were turned, did not I tell you
they were rogues, villains, rascals, whom I despised and hated?"]
[Footnote 280: Olivia says: "Then shall I have again my alcove smell like
a cabin, my chamber perfumed with his tarpaulin Brandenburgh; and hear
vollies of brandy-sighs, enough to make a fog in one's room."--"The
Plain Dealer," II. 1.]
[Footnote 281: "The Plain Dealer," III. 1.]
[Footnote 282: Ibid. IV. 1.]
[Footnote 283: "The Plain Dealer," IV. 2.]
[Footnote 284: "Paradise Lost," book I. lines 490-502.]
[Footnote 285: Consult all Shakespeare's historical plays.]
[Footnote 286: Pepys's Diary, II. July 13, 1663.]
[Footnote 287: Ibid.]
[Footnote 288: "Mémoires de Grammont," by A. Hamilton.]
[Footnote 289: Ibid. ch. IX.]
[Footnote 290: Take, for example, Farquhar's "Beaux Stratagem," II. 1.]
[Footnote 291: Consult especially, "Observations upon the United Provinces
of the Netherlands; Of Gardening."]
[Footnote 292: Temple's Works: "Of Gardening," II. 190.]
[Footnote 293: Ibid. 184.]
[Footnote 294: Compare this essay with that of Carlyle, on "Heroes and
Hero-Worship"; the title and subject are similar; it is curious to note
the difference of the two centuries.]
[Footnote 295: Temple's Works, II: "An Essay upon the Ancient and Modern
Learning," 155.]
[Footnote 296: Ibid. 165.]
[Footnote 297: Macaulay's Works, VI. 319: "Essay on Sir William Temple."]
[Footnote 298: "An Essay upon the Ancient and Modern Learning," 173.]
[Footnote 299: "Love in a Wood," III. 2.]
[Footnote 300: "The Country Wife," I. 1.]
[Footnote 301: Sir Charles Sedley's Works, ed. Briscoe, 1778, 2 vols:
"The Mulberry Garden," II.]
[Footnote 302: "Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset,"
2 vols. 1731, II. 54.]
[Footnote 303: "The English Poets," ed. A. Chalmers, 21 vols. 1810;
Waller, vol. VIII. 44.]
[Footnote 304: Ibid.]
[Footnote 305: "While in this park I sing, the list'ning deer
Attend my passion, and forget to fear;
When to the beeches I report my flame,
They bow their heads, as if they felt the same.
To gods appealing, when I reach their bow'rs
With loud complaints, they answer me in showers.
To thee a wild and cruel soul is giv'n,
More deaf than trees, and prouder than the heav'n!
... The rock.
That cloven rock, produc'd thee....
This last complaint th' indulgent ears did pierce
Of just Apollo, president of verse;
Highly concerned that the Muse should bring
Damage to one whom he had taught to sing."--Ibid. pp. 44-45.]
[Footnote 306: Ibid, 32.]
[Footnote 307: Ibid. 45.]
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