Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 pages |
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... human mind . But they will not allow the author to rank with those great men who , born in the infancy of civilization , supplied , by their own powers , the want of instruction , and , though des- titute of models themselves ...
... human mind . But they will not allow the author to rank with those great men who , born in the infancy of civilization , supplied , by their own powers , the want of instruction , and , though des- titute of models themselves ...
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... human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to ( portray , not to dissect . He may believe in a moral sense , like Shaftesbury . He may refer all human actions to self- interest ...
... human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to ( portray , not to dissect . He may believe in a moral sense , like Shaftesbury . He may refer all human actions to self- interest ...
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... human actions , it is by no means certain that it would have been a good one . It is extremely improbable that it would have con- tained half so much able reasoning on the subject as is to be found in the " Fable of the Bees . " But ...
... human actions , it is by no means certain that it would have been a good one . It is extremely improbable that it would have con- tained half so much able reasoning on the subject as is to be found in the " Fable of the Bees . " But ...
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... human compositions . The only poem of modern times which can be compared with the Paradise Lost , is the Divine Comedy . The sub- ject of Milton , in some points , resembled that of Dante ; but he has treated it in a widely different ...
... human compositions . The only poem of modern times which can be compared with the Paradise Lost , is the Divine Comedy . The sub- ject of Milton , in some points , resembled that of Dante ; but he has treated it in a widely different ...
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... manner the ancient Per- sians thought it impious to exhibit the Creator under a human form . Yet even these transferred to the sun the worship which , speculatively , they considered due only to 26 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
... manner the ancient Per- sians thought it impious to exhibit the Creator under a human form . Yet even these transferred to the sun the worship which , speculatively , they considered due only to 26 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
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