Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 1-2Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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Page ii
... MILTON . ( Edinburgh Review , August 1825. ) 202 MACHIAVELLI . ( Edinburgh Review , March 1827. ) 267 JOHN DRYDEN . ( Edinburgh Review , January 1828. ) HISTORY . ( Edinburgh Review , May 1828. ) 321 • 376 HALLAM'S CONSTITUTIONAL ...
... MILTON . ( Edinburgh Review , August 1825. ) 202 MACHIAVELLI . ( Edinburgh Review , March 1827. ) 267 JOHN DRYDEN . ( Edinburgh Review , January 1828. ) HISTORY . ( Edinburgh Review , May 1828. ) 321 • 376 HALLAM'S CONSTITUTIONAL ...
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... Milton is an example of the same sympathetic historic imagination exercised in the discussion of great historical questions , yet an- grily debated ; and in the poem of The Battle of Naseby , which purports to be written by Obadiah Bind ...
... Milton is an example of the same sympathetic historic imagination exercised in the discussion of great historical questions , yet an- grily debated ; and in the poem of The Battle of Naseby , which purports to be written by Obadiah Bind ...
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... Milton appeared , and at once attained a wide popu- larity . Though when , in 1843 , the author collected his Essays , he declared that this article " hardly con- tained a paragraph that his matured judgment ap- proved , " and regretted ...
... Milton appeared , and at once attained a wide popu- larity . Though when , in 1843 , the author collected his Essays , he declared that this article " hardly con- tained a paragraph that his matured judgment ap- proved , " and regretted ...
Page xv
... Milton . It was published in the number of the Review for March , 1827. Between 1827 and 1830 appeared the articles on Dryden , History , Hallam's Constitutional History , Southey's Colloquies on So- ciety , and the three articles on ...
... Milton . It was published in the number of the Review for March , 1827. Between 1827 and 1830 appeared the articles on Dryden , History , Hallam's Constitutional History , Southey's Colloquies on So- ciety , and the three articles on ...
Page xxvii
... Milton's darkness with the blaze Of the bright ranks that guard the eternal throne . " And even so , my child , it is my pleasure That thou not then alone shouldst feel me nigh , When , in domestic bliss and studious leisure , Thy weeks ...
... Milton's darkness with the blaze Of the bright ranks that guard the eternal throne . " And even so , my child , it is my pleasure That thou not then alone shouldst feel me nigh , When , in domestic bliss and studious leisure , Thy weeks ...
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