Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1890 |
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Page 10
... never read them , are wretched compositions . Cowley , with all his admirable wit and ingenuity , had little imagination : nor indeed do we think his clas- sical diction comparable to that of Milton . The authority of Johnson is against ...
... never read them , are wretched compositions . Cowley , with all his admirable wit and ingenuity , had little imagination : nor indeed do we think his clas- sical diction comparable to that of Milton . The authority of Johnson is against ...
Page 18
... never shrinks from describing it . He gives us the shape , the colour , the sound , the smell , the taste ; he counts the numbers ; he measures the size . His similes are the illustrations of a traveller . Unlike those of other poets ...
... never shrinks from describing it . He gives us the shape , the colour , the sound , the smell , the taste ; he counts the numbers ; he measures the size . His similes are the illustrations of a traveller . Unlike those of other poets ...
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... never redeemed . Here , indeed , the Long Parliament stands on still stronger ground than the Convention of 1688. No action of James can be compared to the conduct of Charles with respect to the Petition of Right . The Lords and Commons ...
... never redeemed . Here , indeed , the Long Parliament stands on still stronger ground than the Convention of 1688. No action of James can be compared to the conduct of Charles with respect to the Petition of Right . The Lords and Commons ...
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... never seems to have coveted despotic power . He at first fought sincerely and manfully for the Parliament , and never deserted it , till it had deserted its duty . If he dissolved it by force , it was not till he found that the few ...
... never seems to have coveted despotic power . He at first fought sincerely and manfully for the Parliament , and never deserted it , till it had deserted its duty . If he dissolved it by force , it was not till he found that the few ...
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... Never before had religious liberty and the freedom of discussion been enjoyed in a greater degree . Never had the national honour been better upheld abroad , or the seat of justice better filled at home . And it was rarely that any ...
... Never before had religious liberty and the freedom of discussion been enjoyed in a greater degree . Never had the national honour been better upheld abroad , or the seat of justice better filled at home . And it was rarely that any ...
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