Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 380 pages |
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Page 8
... necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician , the sculptor , and the painter . But language , the machine of the poet , is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state . Nations , like individuals , first perceive , and ...
... necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician , the sculptor , and the painter . But language , the machine of the poet , is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state . Nations , like individuals , first perceive , and ...
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... necessary , therefore , for him to abstain from giving such a shock to their understanding as might break the charm which it was his object to throw over their imagina- tions . This is the real explanation of the indistinct- ness and ...
... necessary , therefore , for him to abstain from giving such a shock to their understanding as might break the charm which it was his object to throw over their imagina- tions . This is the real explanation of the indistinct- ness and ...
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... necessary . Still it is a fault . The supernatural agents excite an interest ; but it is not the interest which is proper to super- natural agents . We feel that we could talk to the ghosts and dæmons , without any emotion of unearthly ...
... necessary . Still it is a fault . The supernatural agents excite an interest ; but it is not the interest which is proper to super- natural agents . We feel that we could talk to the ghosts and dæmons , without any emotion of unearthly ...
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... necessary to keep under close restraint . One part of the empire there was so unhappily circumstanced , that at that time its misery was necessary to our happiness , and its slavery to our freedom . These are the parts of the Revolution ...
... necessary to keep under close restraint . One part of the empire there was so unhappily circumstanced , that at that time its misery was necessary to our happiness , and its slavery to our freedom . These are the parts of the Revolution ...
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... necessary . The violence of those outrages will always be proportioned to the ferocity and ignorance of the people ; and the ferocity and ignorance of the people will be propor- tioned to the oppression and degradation under which they ...
... necessary . The violence of those outrages will always be proportioned to the ferocity and ignorance of the people ; and the ferocity and ignorance of the people will be propor- tioned to the oppression and degradation under which they ...
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