The book Satirical Dialogues Dedicated to Anthony Trollope was written by author Henry Nelson Oneil Here you can read free online of Satirical Dialogues Dedicated to Anthony Trollope book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Satirical Dialogues Dedicated to Anthony Trollope a good or bad book?
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The words they utter every Briton reads. Philosopher. The more in private should they keep their deeds. Conceit is not a sign that those who show it Are men above the standard, but below it. Man of the World. However eloquently man may preach, 'Tis printing gives existence to his speech. 'Tis vain the mind's necessities to shirk, To feed upon oneself is wretched work. Think you that Shakspeare on the earth was sent For nothing ? or that genius was meant To waste its hidden fire, nor shed a ray ...Of joyful light on man's too gloomy way ? 44 SATIRICAL DIALOGUES. Philosopher. A Poet, sure, is scarcely the creation Of what you're pleased to call " civilization. " For were it so, then Greece and Piome, I vow, Were far more civilized than England now. Man of the World. It may be so. But genius is a comet Which seldom shines upon the earth ; so, from it, Let's reap the benefit at any rate. Yet Intellect can still accommodate The age it works in, and its wants supply ; And, on that point, you scarcely can deny, (However much the present you abuse), Whether they strive to teach or to amuse, That, in providing intellectual food, Our authors now are plentiful and good.
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