Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 380 pages |
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Page 4
... doubt can exist that it is a genuine relic of the great poet . Mr. Sumner , who was commanded by his Majesty to edit and translate the treatise , has acquitted him- self of his task in a manner honourable to his talents and to his ...
... doubt can exist that it is a genuine relic of the great poet . Mr. Sumner , who was commanded by his Majesty to edit and translate the treatise , has acquitted him- self of his task in a manner honourable to his talents and to his ...
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... doubt that this veneration for the Athenian , whether just or not , was injurious to the Samson Agonistes . Had Milton taken Eschylus for his model , he would have given him- self up to the lyric inspiration , and poured out pro- fusely ...
... doubt that this veneration for the Athenian , whether just or not , was injurious to the Samson Agonistes . Had Milton taken Eschylus for his model , he would have given him- self up to the lyric inspiration , and poured out pro- fusely ...
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... , walking among men , partaking of their infirmities , leaning on their bosoms , weeping over their graves , slumbering in the manger , bleeding on the cross , that the prejudices of the Synagogue , and the doubts of.
... , walking among men , partaking of their infirmities , leaning on their bosoms , weeping over their graves , slumbering in the manger , bleeding on the cross , that the prejudices of the Synagogue , and the doubts of.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay. the prejudices of the Synagogue , and the doubts of the Academy , and the pride of the Portico , and the fasces of the Lictor , and the swords of thirty legions , were humbled in the dust . Soon after ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay. the prejudices of the Synagogue , and the doubts of the Academy , and the pride of the Portico , and the fasces of the Lictor , and the swords of thirty legions , were humbled in the dust . Soon after ...
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... doubt that they belong to a man too proud and too sensitive to be happy . Milton was , like Dante , a statesman and a lover ; and , like Dante , he had been unfortunate in ambition and in love . He had survived his health and his sight ...
... doubt that they belong to a man too proud and too sensitive to be happy . Milton was , like Dante , a statesman and a lover ; and , like Dante , he had been unfortunate in ambition and in love . He had survived his health and his sight ...
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