Word: elizabethans
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...result of all this process is a Bible remarkable for its simplicity and conciseness. The final version was made at a fortunate time, when the strength and beauty of the Elizabethan style was prominent, and the English vocabulary was large. The language is perhaps artificial, but that is owing to the many translations made of it, In reading the English Bible as a piece of literature, read it as a collection of stories that form pieces of literature by themselves. Read the song of Deborah (Judges, chap. v.) as an ode,-as a magnificent specimen of English literature. Read...
...produced for many years. The most striking characteristic of this work is the beauty of the diction, especially in the lines descriptive of the gradual decay of the old castle and of the break of day. The author never lacks for picturesque phrases. The tale is placed in the Elizabethan are and, as hinted in the preface, the method of the author is obviously influenced by his study of the poets and dramatists of that period. The poem is published in most attractive form, both printing and biading being very artistic...
...style rather than matter. Among the moderns, man a should select to begin with who ever most appeals to him, provided he choose a great author and not a coarse one. It is bad to get into literature by the back door,- as witness the obscenity of the minor Elizabethan drama...
...original point of view. It is an interesting as well as acceptable addition to the pages of criticism which have been written upon the greatest of all English writers. The style of the article is halting and uneven. The writer of the contribution on "Fifty Lyrics from the Elizabethan Dramatists" has attempted to cover a great deal of ground, and as far as he has gone, has succeeded fairly well. The work is appreciative and careful and the style consistent and smooth. The short contribution "Henry the Second" written in oratorical style contains little that is original...
...poetry for their expression. Poets must not shut themselves up away from the world, but must move in the heart of affairs; they must share in the life-blood of the general heart in order to express the whole spirit and burden of their times. The poets of the Elizabethan age took the common idioms and jokes of the people and worked them into forms of enduring beauty, and why should their example not be followed to-day? The present situation is critical. Education tends to mere materiality, and here lies the great danger of our times. What...