Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1890 |
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... give his con- sent to the republication of pieces so imperfect , if , by withholding his consent , he could make republication impossible . But , as they have been reprinted more than once in the United States , as many American copies ...
... give his con- sent to the republication of pieces so imperfect , if , by withholding his consent , he could make republication impossible . But , as they have been reprinted more than once in the United States , as many American copies ...
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... give us vague phrases instead of images , and personified qualities instead of men . They may be better able to analyse human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to portray , not ...
... give us vague phrases instead of images , and personified qualities instead of men . They may be better able to analyse human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to portray , not ...
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. understand the Iliad . Homer gives him no choice , and requires from him no ... give up their dead . Change the structure of the sentence ; substitute one synonyme for another , and the whole ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. understand the Iliad . Homer gives him no choice , and requires from him no ... give up their dead . Change the structure of the sentence ; substitute one synonyme for another , and the whole ...
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... introduced those minute particulars which give such a charm to the work of Swift , the nautical observations , the affected delicacy about names , the official documents transcribed at full length , and all the 20 MILTON .
... introduced those minute particulars which give such a charm to the work of Swift , the nautical observations , the affected delicacy about names , the official documents transcribed at full length , and all the 20 MILTON .
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... give the passage its charm would suit the streets of Florence as well as the summit of the Mount of Purgatory . The spirits of Milton are unlike those of almost all other writers . His fiends , in particular , are wonderful creations ...
... give the passage its charm would suit the streets of Florence as well as the summit of the Mount of Purgatory . The spirits of Milton are unlike those of almost all other writers . His fiends , in particular , are wonderful creations ...
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