Hawthorne and His Circle, Volumen1Harper & Bros., 1903 - 372 páginas |
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Página 327 - The mouth, with its full yet delicate lips, seems so nearly to smile outright, that it calls forth a responsive smile. The whole statue — unlike anything else that ever was wrought in that severe material of marble — conveys the idea of an amiable and sensual creature, easy, mirthful, apt for jollity, yet not incapable of being touched by pathos.
Página 192 - But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
Página 307 - What an institution that is ! man needs it so, that it seems as if God must have ordained it. The popish religion certainly does apply itself most closely and comfortably to human occasions ; and I cannot but think that a great many people find their spiritual advantage in it, who would find none at all in our formless mode of worship.
Página 149 - The truth is, there is a spirit lacking in England, which we do not lack, and for the want of which she will have to resign a foremost position among the nations, even if there were not enough other circumstances to compel her to do so.
Página 35 - There was vivid genius in this man, and he was the strangest being that ever came into our circle. Through all his wild and reckless adventures, of which a small part only got into his fascinating books, he had been unable to rid himself of a Puritan conscience; he afterwards tried to loosen its grip by studying German metaphysics, but in vain. He was restless and disposed to dark hours, and there is reason to suspect that there was in him a vein of insanity.
Página 288 - His mind teemed with suggestions for statues, poems, and stories. His vast energies have left their stamp upon his work, particularly upon his sculpture; uncertainty of details, however, stopped it short of the finish he desired. Hawthorne said of him: ... He would do better things if it were more difficult for him to do merely good ones...
Página 35 - ... that he was convinced that there was some secret in my father's life which had never been revealed, and which accounted for the gloomy passages in his books.
Página 222 - ... mansion-house. We found tea ready for us in the drawing-room; but the Countess being out in the park, Mr. Spiers sat down and poured it out. By-and-by, Lady Waldegrave made her appearance, whereupon good Mr Spiers was immediately transfigured and transformed — like an English snob as he is, worthy man — and looked humbler than he does in the presence of his Maker, and so respectful and so blest, that it was pleasant to behold him.