Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 pages |
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... which occupy his time and thoughts to the exclusion of those literary pursuits , in some departments of which no one can dispute the palm with him . Boston , May , 1840 . CONTENTS OF VOL . I. MILTON ... Edinburgh Review . 6 ADVERTISEMENT .
... which occupy his time and thoughts to the exclusion of those literary pursuits , in some departments of which no one can dispute the palm with him . Boston , May , 1840 . CONTENTS OF VOL . I. MILTON ... Edinburgh Review . 6 ADVERTISEMENT .
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... thought fit to make him the butt of his clumsy ridicule . The poet , we believe , understood the nature of his art better than the critic . He knew that his poetical genius derived no advantage from the civilization which surrounded him ...
... thought fit to make him the butt of his clumsy ridicule . The poet , we believe , understood the nature of his art better than the critic . He knew that his poetical genius derived no advantage from the civilization which surrounded him ...
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... thought on those dramatic proprieties which the nature of the work rendered it impossible to preserve . In the attempt to recon- cile things in their own nature inconsistent , he has failed , as every one must have failed . We cannot ...
... thought on those dramatic proprieties which the nature of the work rendered it impossible to preserve . In the attempt to recon- cile things in their own nature inconsistent , he has failed , as every one must have failed . We cannot ...
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... thought of taking the measure of Satan . He gives us merely a vague idea of vast bulk . In one passage the fiend lies stretched out , huge in length , floating many a rood , equal in size to the earth - born enemies of Jove , or to the ...
... thought of taking the measure of Satan . He gives us merely a vague idea of vast bulk . In one passage the fiend lies stretched out , huge in length , floating many a rood , equal in size to the earth - born enemies of Jove , or to the ...
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... 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 .
... 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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