Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 380 pages |
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... nature of his subject compelled him to use many words ' That would have made Quintilian stare and gasp . ' But he writes with as much ease and freedom as if Latin were his mother tongue ; and , where he is least happy , his failure ...
... nature of his subject compelled him to use many words ' That would have made Quintilian stare and gasp . ' But he writes with as much ease and freedom as if Latin were his mother tongue ; and , where he is least happy , his failure ...
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... nature of the Deity , the eternity of matter , and the observa- tion of the Sabbath , might , we think , have caused more just surprise . But we will not go into the discussion of these points . The book , were it far more orthodox or ...
... nature of the Deity , the eternity of matter , and the observa- tion of the Sabbath , might , we think , have caused more just surprise . But we will not go into the discussion of these points . The book , were it far more orthodox or ...
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... nature of his art better than the critic . He knew that his poetical genius derived no advantage from the civilisation which surrounded him , or from the learning which he had acquired ; and he looked back with something like regret to ...
... nature of his art better than the critic . He knew that his poetical genius derived no advantage from the civilisation which surrounded him , or from the learning which he had acquired ; and he looked back with something like regret to ...
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... in the nature of their intellectual operations , of a change by which science gains and poetry loses . Generalisation is necessary to the advancement of THE BUSINESS OF THE POET 9 knowledge ; but particularity 8 MILTON.
... in the nature of their intellectual operations , of a change by which science gains and poetry loses . Generalisation is necessary to the advancement of THE BUSINESS OF THE POET 9 knowledge ; but particularity 8 MILTON.
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... nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to portray , not to dissect . He may believe in a moral sense , like Shaftesbury ; he may refer all human actions to self - interest , like ...
... nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to portray , not to dissect . He may believe in a moral sense , like Shaftesbury ; he may refer all human actions to self - interest , like ...
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