| 单词 | Alexandrine |
| 例句 | But the Alexandrines outdid even my rosy expectations of hospitality and courtesy. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The original Cyrano, first performed in 1897, was an artful throwback to the poetic dramas of the 17th century, written in Alexandrine couplets and infused with lofty, archaic notions of love and honor. ‘Cyrano’ Review: Who Wrote the Book of Love? 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z The pastoral piece was then purchased from the dealer in Paris by Alexandrine de Rothschild, part of a Jewish family of bankers. Van Gogh Watercolor, Once Seized by Nazis, to be Sold at Auction 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z But with his wife, Alexandrine, he stayed in the Savoy Hotel, met leading literary figures and addressed thousands at banquets at Crystal Palace and the Guildhall. Giant of France 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Molière's verse plays are written entirely in Alexandrines: 12-syllable rhyming couplets. Mersey Molière 2013-02-05T18:00:47Z Alexandrine Olga Ravaosolo and her two sisters — all diminutive women in their sixties — stacked sandbags against the walls of the two-story home built by their father, a carpenter in the queen’s court. ‘Life Brought Me Here.’ An Island Nation Adapts to a Changing Climate 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Christian asks and his question gets to the paradoxical heart of this play: the language of romance, whether in Alexandrine verse or rap couplets, is entrancing but not wholly trustworthy. From first love to unfollowing – culture that sums up romance in 2020 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Maison Alexandrine, a Brazilian fashion house, kicked off its collection with abayas with embroidered necklines and sleeves. Fashion Week Comes to Saudi Arabia—in Modest Style 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Alexandrine Bouhewa, parent of one of the students, said the experience helped her daughter, who had been told she was too pretty to be Togolese. Ten-year-olds tackle ‘The Lie’ of demeaning stereotypes in video 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z The needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The means of forming a judgment of the Alexandrine criticism are scanty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z His melodic content is his own as he strides in stately pomp in the fugued Alexandrines of Bach. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Epiphanius says that Clement was either an Alexandrine or an Athenian. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z It is a fine poem, written in blank verse, like an English tragedy, and not in Dutch Alexandrines; but it is undramatic, and has not held the boards. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Librarian of the Alexandrine Museum under Ptolemy iv. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z Thus the researches of the Alexandrine Greeks had brought together a list of ninety-one kings, ninety successors of Menes, out of the writings of the priests of Thebes. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z But making allowance for all these drawbacks, it is to the Alexandrine culture that the education of the Roman sense of literary beauty is primarily due. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The Alexandrine general, Aristobulus, is more precise: he tells of a wool-bearing tree yielding a capsule that contains 'seeds which were taken out, and that which remained was carded like wool.' The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z It is difficult to say why the Alexandrine, which Italy in the thirteenth century shared with France, died out in the former country and became the standard heroic line of the latter. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Pleaded for the Alexandrines against Philo and the Jews before Caligula. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z When the Alexandrine critics began to classify poetry and to discuss perfection, they never even mentioned the Roman poetry, although all of the greatest of it was in existence. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z They are to be regarded rather as philosophical rhapsodies than as purely didactic poems, like either the 'Works and Days' of Hesiod or the writings of the Alexandrine School. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Another gnomic poet was Phocylides of Miletus; an admonitory poem extant under his name is probably the work of an Alexandrine Jewish Christian. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Anyhow, the Alexandrine has not flourished south of the Alps. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z In later days, when Alexandria had absorbed its commerce and industry, it became, along with the outlying Zephyrion, a fashionable Alexandrine suburb. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z Thus they mention his engaging with the famous Alexandrine Apion, the enemy of the Jewish and the Christian faith alike. St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture 2011-11-28T03:00:25.013Z There is a similar want of unity in the 'Pastor Aristaeus' of Virgil, which was also composed in the manner of the Alexandrine Epyllion. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Alexandrine, al-egz-an′drin, n. a rhyming verse of twelve syllables, six iambic feet, so-called from its use in old French poems on Alexander the Great. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Gozzi declared himself an implacable enemy of the plays in vogue, an opponent of rhymed verses imitating the French Alexandrine measure, and a zealous adherent of the old Commedia dell' Arte. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Besieged with her in the palace of the Ptolemies by the Alexandrine mob, Cæsar's life trembled for a while in the balance. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z The body of the drama was written by Vondel in rimed Alexandrines. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z For the form of some of his longer poems he has taken, and not with the happiest result, the Alexandrine poets for his models. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z French Alexandrines are arranged in couplets, alternately acatalectic with masculine rhymes, and hypercatalectic with feminine rhymes. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z "Does your Majesty really mean to seek refuge with the Alexandrine?" he asked indignantly. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z It is doubtful how far the Alexandrine poets can be relied upon as giving accurate information respecting details of ancient use. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z For this the author had to examine the relation in which Clement stood in philosophy and theology towards classical antiquity, Alexandrine Judaeism, the Apostolic Fathers, and the first Christian apologists. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, June 1865 2011-08-13T02:00:20.940Z But the plan of the poem may have been suggested by some Alexandrine model. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The use of the six-foot Alexandrine couplet may seem to many readers as a thing unknown and unwelcome in English verse. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z Hence it is by no means improbable that the final recension of these chapters had not been completed when the Alexandrine version was made. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z His exquisite ear had felt the melody of the vowelly and voluble stanza of Italy, and to which he even added a grace of his own by a new measure, in the Alexandrine 476 close. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The closing verse of the present piece is, in accordance with the intended majesty of the representation, an Alexandrine: French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Thus, the mode in which the story of Ariadne is told is one likely to have occurred to an Alexandrine poet. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z An elderly lady answered his query by saying that they had no vacant rooms, when her pretty granddaughter, Alexandrine F�licie, called out, "Look at him, grandmamma!" Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z And what was true of the philosophy of Philo was still more true of the philosophy of Alexandrine Christianity. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z Hence it incurred the partial censure of our great poetical critic, as “a needless Alexandrine,” That like a wounded snake drags its slow length along. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z This taste on his part, and the rhymed Alexandrines in which he wrote tragedy, may together help account for the hyperheroic style which is Corneille’s great fault. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z When there is beauty it is artificial and affected, it is an Alexandrine beauty, it is the colour of the dying dolphin. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z The use of the Alexandrine in the heroic couplet, he avers, gives variety and energy. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z Neoplatonism, originally Alexandrine, is often regarded as Hellenistic rather than Hellenic, a product of the mingling of Greek with Oriental civilization. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z And the return is to be found again in the verse, for Verhaeren here for the first time takes up the traditional French metre; his form, though yet free, approaches the Alexandrine. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z One of the reasons why English verse poetry excels French is because blank verse, a more natural medium than the rhymed Alexandrines, became the chief vehicle for poetry. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z The works and observations of Albategni, it may be remarked, have a particular interest from the fact that they form a connecting link between those of the Alexandrine astronomers and those of modern Europe. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z In the 708 lines of Lamia, there are 98 run-on couplets, 144 run-on lines, 39 Alexandrines and 11 triplets. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z In 1842 the duke married Alexandrine, daughter of the grandduke of Baden; there were no children by this marriage and the succession to Saxe-Coburg-Gotha passed therefore to the children of his younger brother Albert. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z The cracks in the Alexandrine became more and more perceptible; greater and greater in the poet grew his impatience of it and his desire to smash it. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z The reason may be that they have not been prolific of good poetry in verse, and have instead reserved their poetry for prose, a more natural medium than Alexandrine lines. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z The fourth book, in which Virgil deserts the guidance of Homer for that of the Alexandrine epic, is intended to give the most passionate human, as distinct from the pervading national, interest to the poem. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil The Alexandrine faith in immortality, by the grace of Isis and Serapis, probably did not inquire too curiously into the manner of the resurrection. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius From the dock the flames spread to the palace and destroyed the great Alexandrine library, the most wonderful in the world. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men The French drama had hitherto known only the rhymed Alexandrine or prose. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z The line of the Corinthian princes is arranged after Diodorus, who evidently followed the Alexandrine chronologists; but committed an error similar to that just pointed out in Eusebius. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 Though the language of the Alexandrine poets is sometimes reproduced, yet the beauty of those transferred passages arises from the grace given to them, not from that borrowed from them. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Several of them imitate the learned and artificial style of the Alexandrine school of Greek poetry. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes But in the first Alexandrine war the whole library, during the plunder of the city, was destroyed by fire; not by any concerted design, but accidentally by the auxiliary soldiers. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 Manifold is the diversity which Verhaeren's poetry has achieved by its deliverance from the monotony of the Alexandrine. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z The ears of the people were saturated with Alexandrines classical, romantic, and the rest. Underground Man Though in spirit and poetical inspiration Virgil’s debt to Hesiod is greater, yet the Georgics present more direct traces of imitation of the Alexandrine poets. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil It was the first German attempt at domestic drama, and was, moreover, written in prose instead of in the fashionable Alexandrines. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise It is in the principal of these poems, The Pilgrimage to Jerusalem, that Alexandrine verse first makes its appearance in French literature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" He has chosen as the vehicle of his thought a metre to which in English they are unaccustomed, the six-foot Alexandrine couplet. Satan Absolved It is in form a regular Chanson de Geste, written in twelve-syllabled verse, of such strength and grace that the term Alexandrine has cleaved ever since to the metre. A Short History of French Literature But Virgil’s practice is in accordance with that of all the Greek poets from Homer and Hesiod down to the latest Alexandrine writers. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil In his tragedies87 choruses are still interspersed among the long Alexandrine tirades of the dialogue. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" This is the earliest record of it, but it is also found in the Alexandrine Codex. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The origin of the heresy is to be sought in the Greek, Alexandrine and Oriental philosophizing about the imperfection or rather the essential impurity of matter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" The truth is that, until the improvements of language and style which the Pléiade had introduced, the Alexandrine couplet had not had either suppleness or dignity enough for the work. A Short History of French Literature In that poem Virgil combines something of the spirit of the older or primitive type of didactic poetry with the systematic treatment of their subject employed by the Alexandrine Metaphrastae. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil The Alexandrine Manuscript of the Christian Scriptures is almost complete in both Testaments, the Septuagint version of the Old and the original Greek of the New. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 There is generally two together, ended with an Alexandrine. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The beginning of an exact observation of nature was made first by the Greeks of the Alexandrine period, and was later developed further by the Arabs in the Middle Ages. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" But some lyrical pieces exhibit his command of other measures besides the Alexandrine, and afford occasion for the expression of a melancholy and genuine sensibility which is not common in French poetry. A Short History of French Literature From the Alexandrine poets they derived the form and many of the materials of their art. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Fragments that are held to have survived in an extant Greek novel are obviously Egyptian, but as obviously Alexandrine and neo-platonic. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal Swift thought triplets and Alexandrines "a corruption," and boasted that he had "banished them" by a triplet in his City Shower. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition As in glyptic so in poetic art, the Hellenism of the time was decadent and Alexandrine rather than Attic of the best period. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" His Alexandrines, if not quite so vigorous as D'Aubigné's, have all the polish that could be expected before the administration of Malherbe's rules. A Short History of French Literature These writers supplied materials which Virgil used in the Georgics, and in the special examination of that poem it will be seen that he adopted other characteristics of the Alexandrine learning. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil It is known as the Alexandrine manuscript, and was presented to Charles I by the Patriarch of Constantinople in 1628. The Church: Her Books and Her Sacraments Swift's dislike to triplets and Alexandrines was a prejudice, and he did not pretend to offer any reason for his decree. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Now this strange way of teaching, which was really a "Cloud of Unknowing," was the real basis and point, as it were, of the Alexandrine method of interpreting Scripture. The Gnôsis of the Light That the secret of the Alexandrine has at last been mastered means that the whole future course of French poetry is in a manner mapped out. A Short History of French Literature Yet even in him the influence of the Alexandrine tone is apparent, especially in his treatment of the subjects taken from the Greek mythology. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil The bit of unsigned verse, "A New Year Wish," is excellent, though we question the advisability of having an Alexandrine for the final line. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The good old rule Sufficeth him, the simple plan that each verse should consist of ten syllables, with an occasional Alexandrine to accommodate a refractory epithet, and should rhyme peaceably with its neighbour. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Referring to the Spenserian stanza which is composed of nine lines, eight of which are iambic pentameters, and the ninth a hexameter or Alexandrine. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer He treated the Alexandrine of Corneille exactly as Pope treated the decasyllable of Dryden, and as Virgil treated the hexameter of Lucretius. A Short History of French Literature The Alexandrine influence is visible in the kinds of poetry chiefly cultivated by these writers, especially in the didactic poem, the artificial epic, and the erotic elegy. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil The even caesural break so common to Alexandrines, and so often urged by critics as an objection against them, is here avoided with great ingenuity and good taste. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Then indeed did blackness descend upon the soul of Alexandrine, and in her deepest consciousness she vowed to have revenge. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales The name Alexandrine is said to have been derived from an old French poem on Alexander the Great, written about the twelfth or thirteenth century, and composed entirely of hexameter verses. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer The cadence and arrangement of the classical Alexandrine are audaciously reconstructed. A Short History of French Literature But it is quite possible that, through other channels of Alexandrine learning, the ideas and the language of Hebrew prophecy may have become indirectly known to him. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Turning from his usual Alexandrines and heptameters, and laying aside his characteristically stately and sonorous vocabulary, Dr. Kuntz has produced a gem of brevity and simplicity in octosyllabic couplets. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 But long familiarity with her disdain had deprived it of any sting, so far as Alexandrine was concerned. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales There is also an Appendix noticing a very few words as to which some difficulty arises, and a few passages which are supplied from the Alexandrine text. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 Ever since Racine the one aim of the dramatist had been to make the Alexandrine run as monotonously as possible. A Short History of French Literature In this effort we recognise the influence of other Alexandrine poets rather than of Theocritus. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil No, says Campbell, there is a difference: the Alexandrine is not in fact, like the dactylic line, pronounced in the common time. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 But there is a serpent in every Eden, and in that of the Sergeot this r�le was assumed by Alexandrine Caille. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales The effect must be almost ludicrous upon those who were acquainted with the living individual, to hear "the long resounding march and energy divine" of heroics and Alexandrines proceeding from him, now he is dead. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 The octosyllabic verse, hitherto sacred to drama, is exchanged in Cléopâtre for a mixture of the decasyllabic and the Alexandrine, some scenes being written in the one, others in the other. A Short History of French Literature In turning to the second question, discussed in connexion with this Eclogue, the great amount and recondite character of Virgil’s learning, especially of that derived from Alexandrine sources, must be kept in view. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Thirdly; it is a gross mistake to suppose that the Greek dactylic line is "the model in this matter"—the matter of the English Alexandrine. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 Life became a bitter thing to Alexandrine Caille, for if nothing is more gratifying than one's own success, surely nothing is less so than that of one's neighbour. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales Neither Greek mythology nor Alexandrine learning had any attractions for his purely Italian genius. Helps to Latin Translation at Sight In Didon, however, Jodelle settled down to the unbroken Alexandrine with alternation of masculine and feminine rhymes, which has remained the standard vehicle of French tragedy ever since. A Short History of French Literature By the Alexandrine writers the irregular and desultory treatment of Hesiod was abandoned. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil In a word, wherever an Alexandrine expresses celerity, we shall find it to contain one or more anapœsts—the more anapœsts, the more decided the impression. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 "The best quality—or—?" demanded Alexandrine, with the suggestion of a sneer. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales They are the ablest possible debate arrayed in the pomp of Alexandrine verse. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Give instances of Service metre, Blank heroics, Alexandrines. A Handbook of the English Language Many of these Alexandrine glasses have been preserved to us, and their beauty fully explains their superiority in the opinion of the ancients to those manufactured in Italy. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life But the tendency of the Alexandrine consisting merely of the usual iambuses, is to convey slowness—although it conveys this idea feebly, on account of conveying it indirectly. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 "We should be enchanted"— "My husband shaves himself," retorted Alexandrine, with renewed dignity. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That like a wounded snake drags its slow length along. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Spenserian stanza.—A stanza consisting of nine lines, the first eight heroics, the last an Alexandrine. A Handbook of the English Language These relate the history of the first seven years of the Gallic War in seven books, and the Civil War down to the commencement of the Alexandrine in three books. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life It follows, from what I have said, that the common pentameter, interspersed with anapœsts, would better convey celerity than the Alexandrine interspersed with them in a similar degree;—and it unquestionably does. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 She had come into Alexandrine's possession as a kitten, and, what with much eating and an inherent distaste for exercise, had attained her present proportions and her superb air of unconcern. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales The stiff practical obstacles attendant upon the poetical treatment of towns and rivers provoke even the dragging Alexandrine into animation; his stream is often all foam and eddy. The Battaile of Agincourt This is the Urania which Ebers imagines to have been carved by the young Alexandrine sculptor, Pollux, from the Selene whom we are told Antinous vainly loved. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) This being so, the epistle was probably written, not to Alexandria, but rather by a "teacher" of the Alexandrine Church to some body of Christians in Lower Egypt among whom he had recently been visiting. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" So, too, of the Alexandrine in English versification. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 "Our ancient friendship"—faltered Alexandrine, touched in a vulnerable spot. "—preserves you thus far," added Flique, no less unmoved. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales That we do not know the inventors of the great single poetic vehicles, the hexameter, the iambic Senarius, the English heroic, the French Alexandrine, is one thing. A History of Elizabethan Literature One of the lyrics, a sonnet in Alexandrines, is the fruit of a real human passion. William Shakespeare The stanzas range from six to eighteen lines in length, and the lines themselves from four short syllables to the long Alexandrine. A Pindarick Ode on Painting Addressed to Joshua Reynolds, Esq. But the Alexandrine is longer by one foot—by one pulsation—than the pentameters among which it arises. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 The afflatus of rhythm, even if it be the pomp of the Alexandrine, sublimates the passion, and clarifies its mutterings into poetry. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory Others say that he wrote in "Alexandrines"—a blunder, and a serious one, which has often been repeated up to the present day in reference to other writers of the seven-foot verse. A History of Elizabethan Literature The Alexandrines seem to have been mere imitators of what had gone before, and there is nothing to be said of them that is of importance enough for us to linger over it. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Poetry of Parliament.—A debate in the House of Commons corresponding to the verse named Alexandrine—"Which, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, August 13, 1887 Now, if we wish to convey, by means of an Alexandrine, the impression of velocity, we readily do so by giving rapidity to our enunciation of the syllables composing the several feet. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 Poor dear Alexandrine! in what anxiety she will have been. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 He chose a curious and rather infelicitous variation on the Spenserian stanza ababbccc, keeping the Alexandrine but missing the seventh line, with a lyrical interlude here and there. A History of Elizabethan Literature The Metope of Ilium, which Dr. Schliemann has in his garden in Athens, the Barberini Faun, in the Glyptothek at Munich, and the Nile of the Vatican are the most important remnants of Alexandrine sculpture. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture That night Alexandrine caused William to dream a dream in which the whole world vanished away, and only he and Melior were left. The Red Romance Book It consists of nine verses, the first eight being iambic pentameter, and the ninth line iambic hexameter, or Alexandrine. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism I am quite unable to say more, and I hope the Duchess and Alexandrine will excuse me if I don't write to them. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 It is the Alexandrine which Mr. Browning has imitated in Fifine, not that of Drayton, or of the various practitioners of the Spenserian stanza from Spenser himself downwards. A History of Elizabethan Literature Sainte-Beuve calls it "the familiar Alexandrine reduced to a conversational tone, and taking all the little turns of an intimate talk." Confessions of a Book-Lover He shook and thumped and yelled with anger, till Alexandrine heard him from her distant turret, and, terrified though she was, hastened to find out what was the matter. The Red Romance Book Thus, the legion stationed at Antioch became entirely Syrian; that stationed at Alexandria, Grecian, Jewish, and, in a separate sense, Alexandrine. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 Like Dryden, Keats now makes frequent use of the Alexandrine, or 6-foot line, and of the triplet. Keats: Poems Published in 1820 The closing verse of the present piece is, in accordance with the intended majesty of the representation, an Alexandrine. Classic French Course in English The truth that poetry was primarily written to be sung is forgotten, and even in France the chant of the Alexandrine, which both Rachel and Sarah Bernhardt restored, was lost in a monotonous recitation. Confessions of a Book-Lover One of them rose to fetch another, and, quick as thought, Alexandrine caught up the bearskins and was outside in the garden. The Red Romance Book Almost every one of these final Alexandrines, it is to be observed, sums up the note of its stanza in a chord of majestic power. Milton Then, as the season drooped and died, and spring swept up from the south, the beautiful Alexandrine became invisible to every eye but that of the devoted tenor. The Genius This taste on his part, and the rhymed Alexandrines in which he wrote tragedy, may together help account for the hyper-heroic style which is Corneille's great fault. Classic French Course in English Athalie is a Tragedy in rhyme, consisting of six Iambic feet, similar to the Alexandrine verse found occasionally in our English poets at the termination of a sentence or paragraph. Athaliah A Tragedy, Intended For Reading Only, Translated Into English Blank Verse, From Racine (A. Gombert's Edition, 1825) ‘The man who saved your life in battle, William himself,’ answered Alexandrine boldly, though her limbs shook with fear. The Red Romance Book The final couplet, by the way, and particularly the great Alexandrine, is a curious anticipation of Dryden's finest manner. Milton Two little weeks; and the new intrigue of Alexandrine Alexiévna Nikitenko, now in her forty-first year, was the great subject of the Florentine world. The Genius They performed a piece, called Pyramus and Thisbe, in five mortal acts, and all written in Alexandrines fully as long as the performers. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) The first eight lines are of the usual length of five iambic feet; the last line contains six feet, and is therefore an Alexandrine. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 So she sighed and bewailed herself in secret, till her cousin Alexandrine marked that something was amiss. The Red Romance Book Even in matters which are the proper domain of history itself, such as those of the Trojan and Alexandrine Apocryphas, much is still in the vague. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) Still, inexplicably, Alexandrine returned, winter after winter, to the city of her loneliness. The Genius It is poor in Invention, I think: but wonderful for easy Wit, and the Verse much more agreeable to me than the regularly rhymed Alexandrines. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II Alexandrine's brother everybody praises; the whole family are handsome and well brought up. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 The lovers meet by plan of Alexandrine Then Melior told her, and Alexandrine listened in amaze. The Red Romance Book It frequently assumed regular stanza-forms, the lines also frequently fell into regular quantitative shapes, such as the heroic, the Alexandrine, and the tetrameter. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) Of all these reputed soliloquies, that of Don Carlos, in the spacious Alexandrines of Victor Hugo in "Hernani," Gard remembered as being the most famous. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life After bringing the Alexandrine War to a close, toward the end of March, B.C. A Smaller History of Rome I hope Ernest and dear Alexandrine will come in June, and stay some time quietly with us in the country. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 Alexandrine paid no heed to his gloomy looks. The Red Romance Book On the floor above her dwells Betty Mulligan, a pretty little butterfly well known to the lovers of the ballet as Mademoiselle Alexandrine. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City Paul wants to dispose of the “wisdom of this world”: his enemies are the good philologians and physicians of the Alexandrine school—on them he makes his war. The Antichrist The war in Egypt, usually called the Alexandrine War, arose from Cæsar's resolving to settle the disputes respecting the succession to the kingdom. A Smaller History of Rome The accounts of poor dear Alexandrine's eyes continue very bad; she cannot write at all, or go out, or do anything. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 And Alexandrine did think of a way, but what it was must be told in the next chapter. The Red Romance Book The floor is inlaid with circles of serpentine and porphyry encased in white marble, and surrounded by winding bands of Alexandrine work. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series Shakespeare's blank verse was necessarily turned into Alexandrines. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays They relate the history of the first seven years of the Gallic War in seven books, and the history of the Civil War down to the commencement of the Alexandrine in three books. A Smaller History of Rome Alexandrine is nearly quite recovered; she writes such pretty, affectionate, kind letters, poor dear child, and is so fond of Ernest. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 At first Alexandrine declared that it was quite impossible to get them away unseen, but at length she thought of something which might succeed, though, if it failed, all three would pay a heavy penalty. The Red Romance Book These are the true reasons, not only for the rapid spread of Christianity in Europe, but also for the philosophic systems of the Platonists and Alexandrines which preceded it. Myth and Science An Essay The poem is written in Alexandrine couplets, and is, I believe, the only English poem of any length written in this metre since Drayton's Polyolbion. An Introduction to the Study of Browning The play, Queen Joanna, is remarkable among the productions of Mistral as being the only work of any length he has produced that makes extensive use of the Alexandrine. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence The Alexandrine Pantomime, introduced into Rome about 30 B.C. by Bathillus and Pylades, appears to have been an entertainment approaching the ballet. The Dance (by An Antiquary) Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D. And William laughed and begged Alexandrine to guide them through the garden, as they were not yet used to going on all fours, and might stumble. The Red Romance Book The Alexandrine Jews, however, who were very loose in their ideas of the canon, incorporated them into their version of the Hebrew Scriptures. Companion to the Bible The infirm old grandmother remained at Saint-Clair, while Alexandrine wished to follow her mother and sister, and was left quite at liberty. The House of the Combrays In general, it may be said that his Alexandrines, except in the play La Rèino Jano, represent the classical type of the French poets. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence The men who worked the imperial machine, studied the Alexandrine poets, and dabbled in classical archaeology were not the men to look forward. Art Neither the acrostic nor the Alexandrine has the property assigned to it here. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson The churches received the Scriptures of the Old Testament through the medium of the Alexandrine Greek version, which contained the apocryphal books. Companion to the Bible The two quatrains are in verses of ten feet, and the two tiercets in Alexandrine metre. Musical Memories The Alexandrine had long held sway in Danish poetry. An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway The Alexandrine Codex—which is placed first on the list of uncial manuscripts, and therefore distinguished by the letter A—belongs undoubtedly to a more recent time. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood But from Alexandrine Lee he could not escape. The Fatal Glove Until the discovery of the Sinai codex, the Alexandrine exhibited the text of the New Testament in far the most entire state of all the uncial manuscripts. Companion to the Bible His father had been a cultured Alexandrine Greek, a banker, and had given his young son the beginnings of a good education. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. Collin explains that putting these formulas into Alexandrines gives them a stiffness and formality appropriate to their purpose. An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway How can this formal man be styled Merely an Alexandrine child, A boy of larger growth? The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood Alexandrine's manner was strangely flurried and ill at ease, and the hand she laid on Margie's was cold as ice. The Fatal Glove The order of the books is the same as in the Alexandrine codex. Companion to the Bible "An Alexandrine Copt gave me that," he said, watching its effect with satisfaction. A Woman Named Smith This was from the ignorance of the first editors; as is this unnecessary Alexandrine, which we owe to the players. Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies It will be observed that the two quatrains are bound together by the first two b rhymes, and the Alexandrine, which rhymes with the eighth line, draws out the harmony with a peculiar lingering effect. Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I "Very well, I will accompany you," said Margie, rising, and throwing on a shawl, she went out with them, followed by Mrs. Weldon, Alexandrine, and two or three other ladies. The Fatal Glove The term Pentateuch is composed of the two Greek words, pente, five, and teuchos, which in later Alexandrine usage signified book. Companion to the Bible To deny the existence of universals, to regard them as mere creations of the mind, is rank blasphemy to a Platonist; and the Alexandrines were Christian Platonists. Outspoken Essays The poem is written in Alexandrine verses, which may be divided into octosyllabic lines, alternating with those of six syllables, as in the extract given above. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction The verse of twelve syllables, called an Alexandrine, is now only used to diversify heroick lines. A Grammar of the English Tongue Alexandrine took a step toward the dead man, her back to the horror-stricken group by the gate. The Fatal Glove It often exhibits a resemblance to the Alexandrine version. Companion to the Bible Parenthetically, we may remark that passages like this show how wide of the truth Mr. Barry is when he speaks of Newman as a 'thorough Alexandrine.' Outspoken Essays The chronicle of Robert is written in Alexandrines, and, except for the French words incongruously interspersed, is almost as "barbarous" Saxon as the Brut of Layamon. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction The pause in the Alexandrine must be at the sixth syllable. A Grammar of the English Tongue Alexandrine glided along, as radiant as a humming-bird, her cheeks flushed, her black eyes sparkling, her voice sweet as a siren's. The Fatal Glove The explanation of this phenomenon must be the agreement of the original Samaritan codex with the manuscripts from which the Alexandrine version was executed. Companion to the Bible This is emphasised by the fact that many of them are based on Scriptural themes, and by the monotony of the Alexandrine metre in which all the dialogues are written. History of Holland The first part was written in Alexandrines, but for the second he adopted the easier measure of the octo-syllabic verse, of which this part contains seventeen thousand lines. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Six years!" she said again and again, tenderly reproachful; "Alexandrine was a baby of six—Drina, child, do you remember my brother—do you remember your Uncle Philip? The Younger Set I have never had any great affliction, Alexandrine. The Fatal Glove Yet the version is acknowledged to be in the Alexandrine Greek dialect. Companion to the Bible The music came to an end, episode number two in the evening’s entertainment was signalled, the curtain of Alexandrine blue rolled heavily upward, and a troupe of performing wolves was presented to the public. When William Came The imperial officials were disavowed and the old consular rule reëstablished, while everywhere Alexandrine bishops replaced those that had been invested by Victor and Paschal. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) The skill of German archaeologists has revealed what town-planning meant in a small town rebuilt in the Alexandrine period. Ancient Town-Planning "I do not know what you would tell me, Alexandrine, but I do not think I shall hate you for it." The Fatal Glove For these and other reasons learned men ascribe its authorship to a Jew whose object was to exalt the merits of the Alexandrine version in the estimation of his nation. Companion to the Bible “Alexandrine blue—my colour—the colour of hope,” said Rhapsodie impressively. When William Came Some persons believed that he was the author of the Books on the Alexandrine, African, and Spanish campaigns, which are printed with the Gallic War of Cæsar. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. Cæsar had rather favoured the nation for their services in the Alexandrine War. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II Margie cowered down to the floor, and hid her face in the folds of Alexandrine's dress. The Fatal Glove The author, apparently a Jew by birth and a philosopher of the Alexandrine school, has embraced a form of Christianity mixed up with the dogmas of his philosophy. Companion to the Bible In Rome he spent much time in the librarians' shops, and there met with copies of the numerous authors of the later empire and of those Alexandrine philosophers which are rarely seen in England. The Lost Stradivarius The destruction is not mentioned by Cæsar or the author of the Alexandrine war. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. The Alexandrines combined a great love of learning with an ignorance of the true principles of research, an enthusiastic spirit for accumulating materials with a wonderful incapacity to use them. Miscellanies Alexandrine took the shrinking, cowering girl by the shoulders, and lifted her into a seat. The Fatal Glove Some, as Keil, think that the writer made use of the Alexandrine version; others, that he drew from the original Hebrew. Companion to the Bible Looking at this steamer struggling against the current and impeded by the barges, brought to mind Pope's needless Alexandrine: "That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along." Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Among the Cockatoos, the visitor should notice the great white cockatoo from the Indian Archipelago; and here also are the Alexandrine parroquet and the Papuan lory. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits His Birdofredom could, we doubt not, sail majestically in the clouds of a stately hexameter, make the aristocratic Alexandrine cry for quarter, and excel the old Trouveurs in the Rime équivoquée. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Alexandrine returned the glove to her bosom, and then continued: "The handkerchief found near Mr. Linmere was marked with the single letter A. Whose name begins with that letter?" The Fatal Glove In respect to the age of Methuselah when Lamech was born, there is a difference of twenty years between the Vatican and the Alexandrine manuscripts. Companion to the Bible But enough of this poetry Alexandrine; I hope you will not think this a pasquine. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 One important event of this century must not be omitted, the dispersion of the great Alexandrine library, collected by the Ptolemies. The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History The Alexandrine had wearied them so often, that they condemned it without giving it a hearing, so to speak, and decided, a little hastily, perhaps, that the drama should be written in prose. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations Alexandrine put her hand on the soft hair of the bowed head. The Fatal Glove That they are very ancient—so ancient that the meaning of the terms employed had passed into oblivion when the Alexandrine version was made—must be admitted. Companion to the Bible The doctrines are the outcome of an Alexandrine age. Emerson and Other Essays A copy of the Septuagint, as the Greek translation was called, was needed for the Alexandrine Library. Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations He has performed the last miracle, and infused into the ordered ease of the Alexandrine a strange sense of brooding mystery and indefinable terror and the awful approaches of fate. Landmarks in French Literature Alexandrine went out, and Margie, locking the door after her, flung herself down on the carpet and buried her face in the pillows of the sofa. The Fatal Glove The Alexandrine version differs unaccountably from the Hebrew text in its arrangement of the prophecies of Jeremiah. Companion to the Bible After a few specimens, the account goes on "But the highest flight of his Muse appears in the following beautiful Alexandrine: "And was not Pharaoh a saucy rascal? Notes and Queries, Number 23, April 6, 1850 He thinks it "probably composed by an Alexandrine Jew." The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study It is the poetry of Malherbe multiplied a thousandfold in vigour and in genius, and expressed in the form most appropriate to it—the dramatic Alexandrine verse. Landmarks in French Literature "I do not ask you to," said Alexandrine, proudly. The Fatal Glove Besides this, the Alexandrine exhibits a number of variations larger and smaller from the Hebrew text. Companion to the Bible Henderson, the actor, said that "Akenside, when he walked the streets, looked for all the world like one of his own Alexandrines set upright." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Alexander of Paris, a Norman poet of the 16th century, who wrote a poem on Alexander the Great in twelve-syllabled lines, called after him Alexandrines. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Through the flowing regularity of his Alexandrines his personages stand out distinct and palpable, in all the vigour of life. Landmarks in French Literature Alexandrine kept what she knew to herself, and of course Archer Trevlyn did not proclaim his own desertion. The Fatal Glove The Alexandrine version, and after that the New Testament, use the word whale apparently in the sense of any great sea monster. Companion to the Bible Evidently, if the E mute had not been counted, the second hemistich of the Alexandrine verse would have had but five syllables instead of six. Delsarte System of Oratory Alexandrine Philosophy, a Gnostic philosophy, combining eastern with western forms of thought. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The Spenserian stanza consists of nine lines: the first eight are iambic pentameters, and the last line is an iambic hexameter or Alexandrine. Composition-Rhetoric He wanted to question Alexandrine a little further. The Fatal Glove The book was originally composed in Greek by an Alexandrine Jew, who is generally placed by biblical scholars somewhere in the second century before Christ. Companion to the Bible The war in which Caesar was thus involved by his efforts to give Cleopatra a seat with her brother on the Egyptian throne, is called in history the Alexandrine war. History of Julius Caesar To vary the English hexameter, he established the use of the triplet and Alexandrine. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author Many of them are very long—often thirty, forty, or fifty thousand lines—written sometimes in a strophic form, sometimes in long Alexandrines, but commonly in the short, eight-syllabled rhyming couplet. From Chaucer to Tennyson Then the womanly nature of Alexandrine Lee came out and asserted itself. The Fatal Glove The Apocryphal books of the Old Testament were incorporated into the Alexandrine version called the Septuagint; but they were never received by the Jews of Palestine as a part of the sacred volume. Companion to the Bible During the progress of this Alexandrine war one great disaster occurred, which has given to the contest a most melancholy celebrity in all subsequent ages: this disaster was the destruction of the Alexandrian library. History of Julius Caesar See this, Servien," he said presently; "in these lines Virgil, or rather the poet of the Alexandrine age who was his model, has anticipated Laplace's great hypothesis and Charles Lyell's theories. The Aspirations of Jean Servien A needless Alexandrine ends the Song, That like a wounded Snake, drags its slow Length along. The Spectator, Volume 2. Alexandrine thought she saw a change other than that the sunset light brought, and bent over him. The Fatal Glove Its author is believed to have been an Alexandrine Jew, but his age cannot be determined. Companion to the Bible In the penultimate line there are two syllables in excess of the true Alexandrine metre, and the last line seems too long by one. The Cook's Decameron: a study in taste, containing over two hundred recipes for Italian dishes The Alexandrines combined a great love of learning with an ignorance of the true principles of research, an enthusiastic spirit for accumulating materials with a wonderful incapacity to use them. Essays and Lectures There was the Odeon quite near them, and Philip soon shared his friend's passion for the tragedians of Louis XIV and the sonorous Alexandrine. Of Human Bondage Alexandrine's labors were shared now, and Archer did not know how devotedly he had been tended—how he owed his very existence to her. The Fatal Glove Conceivably the collection was arranged in the Alexandrine period. Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Its roof was all done with gold and blue from over sea, and its pavement wrought delicately in Alexandrine work. The Well at the World's End: a tale Never before had it been brought home to me what dramatic art might be, or the power of the French Alexandrine. A Writer's Recollections — Volume 1 The speculative synthesis of Greek and Alexandrine Science was a superb training in Deduction,—in the descent from consciousness to Nature. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Certainly he did not go to visit Alexandrine. The Fatal Glove "To love and be loved" seems to him, as to his dear Alexandrine poets, the single object of life. Saint Augustin To be sure some of the lines are too short, but then, to make amends, the Alexandrines have from fifteen to seventeen syllables, so we may call them Alexandrines the great. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 From the poem entitled "Alexander," the name of Alexandrine verse came to be applied to the measure in which it was written. Outline of Universal History An ode quite new, With rhymes inflated—stanzas, too, That panted, moving lazily, And heavy Alexandrine lines That seemed to jostle bodily, Like children full of play designs That spring at once from schoolroom's form. Poems He never thought it possible that any one should dream of his being in love with Alexandrine. The Fatal Glove Propertius possessed great talent for versification, but was more erudite than inspired; being almost pure Alexandrine, he is more interesting to the humourist than to the ordinary man. Initiation into Literature Mr. Masson is especially puzzled by verses ending in one or more unaccented syllables, and even argues in his Introduction that some of them might be reckoned Alexandrines. Among My Books Second Series The high renown of this poem has given the name of Alexandrine verse to the measure in which it is written. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Men with a pleasing fantasy thought themselves reformers, and Alexandrine artists posed as rivals of Wagner. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House But as he saw Alexandrine's pale face and strangely distraught manner day by day, he came to feel as if he had in some way wronged her though how he did not exactly understand. The Fatal Glove As time went on, rhyme and Alexandrine lines were introduced, and the old epics were expanded, altered, condensed, remaniés, with progressive changes in taste, metre, language, manners, and ways of life. Homer and His Age She did next to nothing all day long: needlework made her tired: Madame Alexandrine had not given her a taste for it. Jean-Christophe Journey's End Examine the influence of the Alexandrine poets upon the literature of the later Republic, and of the Augustan Age. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius He employed for this same purpose the hemistich or half-verse, the triplet or three consecutive verses with the same rhyme, and the Alexandrine with its six accents and its consequent well-rounded fullness. Palamon and Arcite One day he entered the sitting-room of Mrs. Lee with the freedom of a privileged visitor, without rapping, and found Alexandrine in tears. The Fatal Glove The innovation was due in part to the influence of contemporary French tragedy, whose riming Alexandrine couplet is very similar in effect to the English couplet. A History of English Literature Madame Alexandrine used to regard him with an unfavorable eye as the grandson of an unbeliever and a horrid little dwarf. Jean-Christophe Journey's End At the age of thirty-five he began to study with diligence the Alexandrine models, and gained much credit by his translation of the Argonautica of Apollonius. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Alexandrines, possibly used by Dryden in such close succession to show Arcite's violent emotions. Palamon and Arcite Alexandrine," he said, quietly, "you know just what my course has been. The Fatal Glove The Martellian verse, a bad imitation of the Alexandrine, is a downright torture to the ear. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature The war which ensued as the result of the intrigues and maneuvers described in the last chapter is known in the history of Rome and Julius Caesar as the Alexandrine war. Cleopatra It was perhaps the nearest approach ever made in Rome to an original Alexandrine poem. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius An Alexandrine, i.e., a verse of six accented syllables instead of five. Palamon and Arcite But if she married him, she should be always near him; sometimes he would hold her hands in his, and call her, as he did now, Alexandrine. The Fatal Glove The Alexandrine, which in no language can be a good metre, is doubly stiff and heavy in ours. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature The Alexandrine war very short.—Its extent.—Revenues of Egypt.—The city repaired.—The library rebuilt.—A new collection of manuscripts.— Cleopatra This is evidently a study from the Greek, probably from an Alexandrine writer. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Gradually a few errors slip in, which are found especially in the Egyptian, versions and in the works of some Alexandrine and Palestinian Fathers. The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' Alexandrine and her mother both desired that it should take place in the fashionable church, where they worshipped, but they yielded to the wishes of Mr. Trevlyn. The Fatal Glove He sketched several tragedies after the French rules, and executed several scenes in Alexandrines, but has succeeded with none: it would appear that he had not the requisite facility for so difficult a metre. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature The stupidest become authentic—the most fantastic abstractions of the Alexandrine dreamers substantial realities! Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. The Alexandrines, by not overpowering their efforts, but offering them models which they felt they could not only equal but immeasurably excel, did real service in encouraging and stimulating the Roman muse. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Crt., the Agony in the Garden as given in Luke xxii, 43,44, which verses are omitted in MSS. of the best Alexandrine type. The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' Her husband's admiration Alexandrine possessed, but she soon came to realize that he had told her the truth, when he said his heart was buried too deep to know a resurrection. The Fatal Glove That the translations of Homer and Virgil in long Alexandrines were but prose. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume I. The Alexandrine Chronicle gives the day as the 14th September, 320. The Divine Office But the earlier Alexandrines seem to have been overwhelmed by the vastness of material at their command. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius These sources are of two kinds, Jewish or Alexandrine. The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' Alexandrine!" he said, hoarsely, "you believed this of me? The Fatal Glove Of CAESAR'S literary works the most important are his Commentarii, containing the history of the first seven years of the Gallic war, and the history of the civil strife down to the Alexandrine war. Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. "The good Alexandrine," Prince Albert remarked, referring to his sister-in-law, "seems to me in the whole picture like the consoling angel." Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 It will be seen from this survey of Alexandrine letters that the better side of their influence was soon exhausted. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Two Epistles professing to be addressed to the Laodiceans and Alexandrines are dismissed as forged in the interests of the heresy of Marcion. The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' She saw beneath it the pale, dead face of Alexandrine Trevlyn. The Fatal Glove The account of his last year in Gaul was written probably by Aulus Hirtius; that of the Alexandrine, African, and Spanish wars, by some unknown hand. Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. The Queen and the Prince's hearts were gladdened this spring by the news of the approaching marriage of his brother, Prince Ernest, to Princess Alexandrine of Baden. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 Virgil's treatment is partially adapted from the Alexandrines; but, as he himself says, his real model is Hesiod. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Alexandrine, knows him, and I fancy is not indifferent to him.... Rudin Alexandrine and her husband had had some difficulty. The Fatal Glove It is an Alexandrine, such as Dryden scattered so profusely, without asking himself why; but which Milton never tolerates except in the choruses of the Samson. Note Book of an English Opium-Eater My other example is Callimachus, the Greek, or rather, Alexandrine poet of the Decadence. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography The Alexandrine thinkers struggled to make Greek influences supreme, to exclude altogether those of the East; and their efforts were for three centuries successful: neither mysticism nor magic reigned in the museum of the Ptolemies. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Now, I am the more tenacious to know if I am wrong, as Alexandrine—she is called Alexandrine—has sent for some money. Mysteries of Paris, V3 There had been an accident about half way between New York and Philadelphia, and Alexandrine Trevlyn had been brought back to her splendid home—a corpse! The Fatal Glove After a brief struggle known as the Alexandrine War, which closed in March, 47, Cæsar placed the queen and her brother on the throne. The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Tragedy was not so often played; and the measured step, the rhythm of the Alexandrines, the generality of the expression, made it more intelligible to me in every way. Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life But his inspiration is altogether Sicilian, and as such was hailed by delight by the Alexandrines, who were tired of pedantry and compliment, and longed for naturalness though in a rustic garb. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius "Do not be uneasy, my general." "1st Alexandrine; 2d the fish, and the hamper of wine; 3d the old 1817 Cognac, the ground coffee, and the eiderdown coverlet." Mysteries of Paris, V3 If you knew—if you knew how artfully it was represented to me—what overwhelming proofs were presented, you would not wonder—" "I do know all, Margie; Alexandrine told me. The Fatal Glove Besides fragments—often in very dainty verse—he wrote several comedies, one of which, Der Bethlehemitische Kindermord, in rhymed Alexandrines, was often performed; it was published and received the warmest praise from Goethe. My Life — Volume 1 He uses both triplets and Alexandrines, but triplets more frequently in his translation than his other works. Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 1 He was not, strictly speaking, an Alexandrine, as he lived at the court of Antigonus in Macedonia; but he represents the same school of thought. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Fancy teaching a boy side by side with the elements of German or French to compose German and French verse, heroic, Alexandrine, or lyrical! The Upton Letters The night I left home, Alexandrine revealed to me the cause of your sudden rejection of me. The Fatal Glove A half century later Tertullian noted that the worship still endured, and subsequently the Alexandrine Clement discovered consciences that Antinous had reproached. Imperial Purple In the same century appeared "Alexander," a poem which became so celebrated that poetry, written in the same measure, is to this day called Alexandrine verse. The Interdependence of Literature The first Roman epigrammatists imitate the Alexandrine models, and, making allowance for the uncouth hardness of their rhythm, achieve a fair success. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Pardon me for being so late in thanking you for your friendly lines, and kindly tell Mademoiselle Alexandrine Ritter how sincerely I feel for her in her affliction. Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2 from Rome to the End One of the girls suggested rouge, but Alexandrine demurred. The Fatal Glove There is the old classical drama, wellnigh dead, and full time too: old tragedies, in which half a dozen characters appear, and spout sonorous Alexandrines for half a dozen hours. The Paris Sketch Book Spenser has also given me the boldness to make use sometimes of his Alexandrine line, which we call, though improperly, the Pindaric, because Mr. Cowley has often employed it in his odes. Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry The descent to it was through a low door and by a staircase as steep as a classic Alexandrine. Notre-Dame De Paris Our new Princess, you may be sure, has also had her Alexandrines, and many minstrels have gone before her singing her praises. Roundabout Papers "Yes, everything is as perfect as one could desire," said Alexandrine. The Fatal Glove There are classical comedies in verse, too, wherein the knavish valets, rakish heroes, stolid old guardians, and smart, free-spoken serving-women, discourse in Alexandrines, as loud as the Horaces or the Cid. The Paris Sketch Book As for the pauses, Malherbe first brought them into France within this last century, and we see how they adorn their Alexandrines. Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry One must eat every day, and the finest Alexandrine verses are not worth a bit of Brie cheese. Notre-Dame De Paris I have my reports on positions always at hand; my memory for an Alexandrine is not good, but I never forget a syllable of my reports on positions. The Modern Regime, Volume 1 After a little while, Alexandrine came in, pale and haggard. The Fatal Glove Scholars will find it pleasant to compare these passages of the Alexandrine and of the London poets. Adventures Among Books Nay, on my faith," said the King, "I like these rattling, rolling Alexandrines. The Talisman But after the photograph was taken the plate revealed a stranger standing actually by the side of the Princess Alexandrine, and even taking the PAS of the Grand Duke himself. Selected Stories of Bret Harte Thus they too had their share in that downward career of pedantry which we have seen characterise the whole past Alexandrine age. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh "Where have you been, Alexandrine?" she asked; "and what is the matter?" The Fatal Glove Alexandrine grasped the arm of Margie, and leaned heavily upon her. The Fatal Glove Alexandrine took the seat Margie had vacated, and glanced up at the two faces so near her. The Fatal Glove Alexandrine stood a moment in the door, looking at the lovely picture presented by her young hostess. The Fatal Glove Alexandrine sat down by the side of her friend, and looked searchingly into her face, her great black eyes holding Margie with a sort of serpent-like fascination. The Fatal Glove |
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