| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1868 - 766 pages
...matched against mind, and the great passions of the epoch not simply be described as existing, but be exhibited at their white heat in the souls and hearts...times are as the Grecian destiny, and the power of man is seen either stemming the stream till it overwhelms him, or ruling while he seems to yield to... | |
| Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1866 - 730 pages
...matched against mind, and the great passions of the epoch not simply be described as existing, but be exhibited at their white heat in the souls and hearts...drama — not Shakespeare's — but a drama none the less. So at least it seems to me. Wherever possible, let us not be told AROUT this man or that. Let... | |
| James Anthony Froude - 1868 - 458 pages
...matched against mind, and the great passions of the epoch not simply be described as existing, but be exhibited at their white heat in the souls and hearts...the stream till it overwhelms him, or ruling while lie seems to yield to it. It is Nature's drama — not Shakespeare's — but a drama none the less.... | |
| 1869 - 974 pages
...matched against mind, and the great passions of the epoch not simply be described as existing, but be exhibited at their white heat in the souls and hearts...— drama of the highest order — where the huge force* of the times are as the Orccian destiny, and the power of the man is seen either stemming the... | |
| 1869 - 974 pages
...the great passions of the epoch not simply be described as existing, but be eihibited at their while heat in the souls and hearts possessed by them. There are all the clement« of drama — drama of the highest order — where the huge forces of the times are as the... | |
| James Anthony Froude - 1873 - 686 pages
...matched against mind, and the great passions of the epoch not simply be described as existing, but be exhibited at their white heat in the souls and hearts possessed by them. There are all the elements of drama—drama of the highest order—where the huge forces of the times are as the Grecian destiny,... | |
| James Anthony Froude - 1873 - 540 pages
...matched against mind, and the great passions of the epoch not simply be described as existing, but be exhibited at their white heat in the souls and hearts possessed by themtj There are all the elements of drama — drama of the highest order — where the huge forces... | |
| James Madison Watson - 1875 - 486 pages
...matched against mind, and the great passions of the epoch not simply be described as existing, but be exhibited at their white heat in the souls and hearts possessed by them. 9. There are all the elements of drama — drama of the highest order — where the huge forces of... | |
| James Madison Watson - 1876 - 484 pages
...matched against mind, and the great passions of the epoch not simply be described as existing, but be exhibited at their white heat in the souls and hearts possessed by them. 9. There are all the elements of drama — drama of the highest order — where the huge forces of... | |
| Prose masterpieces - 1884 - 350 pages
...matched against mind, and the great passions of the epoch not simply be described as existing, but be exhibited at their white heat in the souls and hearts...drama, — not Shakespeare's, but a drama none the less. So at least it seems to me. Wherever possible, let us not be told about this man or that. Let... | |
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