Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 380 pages |
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Page 11
... become more and more definite , and the shades of probability more and more distinct , the hues and lineaments of the phantoms which the poet calls up grow fainter and fainter . We cannot unite the incompatible advantages of reality and ...
... become more and more definite , and the shades of probability more and more distinct , the hues and lineaments of the phantoms which the poet calls up grow fainter and fainter . We cannot unite the incompatible advantages of reality and ...
Page 12
... become a little child , he must take to pieces the whole web of his mind . He must unlearn much of that knowledge which has per- haps constituted hitherto his chief title to superiority . His very talents will be a hindrance to him ...
... become a little child , he must take to pieces the whole web of his mind . He must unlearn much of that knowledge which has per- haps constituted hitherto his chief title to superiority . His very talents will be a hindrance to him ...
Page 44
... been for a few months their daily fare , they become more tem- perate than they had ever been in their own country . In the same manner , the final and permanent fruits FABULA DE LIBERTATE 45 of liberty are wisdom , moderation 44 MILTON.
... been for a few months their daily fare , they become more tem- perate than they had ever been in their own country . In the same manner , the final and permanent fruits FABULA DE LIBERTATE 45 of liberty are wisdom , moderation 44 MILTON.
Page 46
... become half blind in the house of bondage . But let them gaze on , and they will soon be able to bear it . In a few years men learn to reason . The extreme violence of opinions subsides . Hostile theories correct each other . The ...
... become half blind in the house of bondage . But let them gaze on , and they will soon be able to bear it . In a few years men learn to reason . The extreme violence of opinions subsides . Hostile theories correct each other . The ...
Page 49
... become statesmen . The celebrity of the man who refuted it , the Æneæ magni dextra , ' gives it all its fame with the present generation . In that age the state of things was different . It was not then fully understood how vast an ...
... become statesmen . The celebrity of the man who refuted it , the Æneæ magni dextra , ' gives it all its fame with the present generation . In that age the state of things was different . It was not then fully understood how vast an ...
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