Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 380 pages |
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... POEMS . April 1830 283 CIVIL DISABILITIES OF THE JEWS . January 1831 MOORE'S LIFE OF LORD BYRON . June 1831 . EDITOR'S APPENDIX Glossary of Allusions INDEX VOL . I. 38 X 1084 A 309 326 371 381 389 CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS ...
... POEMS . April 1830 283 CIVIL DISABILITIES OF THE JEWS . January 1831 MOORE'S LIFE OF LORD BYRON . June 1831 . EDITOR'S APPENDIX Glossary of Allusions INDEX VOL . I. 38 X 1084 A 309 326 371 381 389 CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS ...
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... poems and to decry the poet . The works they acknowledge , considered in themselves , may be classed among the noblest productions of the human mind . But they will not allow the author to rank with those great men who , born in the ...
... poems and to decry the poet . The works they acknowledge , considered in themselves , may be classed among the noblest productions of the human mind . But they will not allow the author to rank with those great men who , born in the ...
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... poem produced in a civilised age . We cannot understand why those who believe in that most orthodox article of literary faith , that the earliest poets are generally the best , should wonder at the rule as if it were the exception ...
... poem produced in a civilised age . We cannot understand why those who believe in that most orthodox article of literary faith , that the earliest poets are generally the best , should wonder at the rule as if it were the exception ...
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... poems . They give us vague phrases instead of images , and personified qualities instead of men . They may be better able to analyse human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to ...
... poems . They give us vague phrases instead of images , and personified qualities instead of men . They may be better able to analyse human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to ...
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... poems in the ancient language , though much praised by those who have never read them , are wretched compositions . Cowley , with all his admirable wit and ingenuity , had little imagination : nor indeed do we think his classical ...
... poems in the ancient language , though much praised by those who have never read them , are wretched compositions . Cowley , with all his admirable wit and ingenuity , had little imagination : nor indeed do we think his classical ...
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