Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 380 pages |
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... the cause . The fact is , that common observers reason from the progress of the experimental sciences to that of imitative arts . The improvement of the former is gradual and slow . Ages are spent in collecting materials.
... the cause . The fact is , that common observers reason from the progress of the experimental sciences to that of imitative arts . The improvement of the former is gradual and slow . Ages are spent in collecting materials.
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... reason about it only by symbols . We use the word ; but we have no image of the thing ; and the business of poetry is with images , and not with words . The poet uses words indeed ; but they are merely the instruments ABSTRACTIONS AND ...
... reason about it only by symbols . We use the word ; but we have no image of the thing ; and the business of poetry is with images , and not with words . The poet uses words indeed ; but they are merely the instruments ABSTRACTIONS AND ...
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... reason about abstractions . But the great mass of men must have images . The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations to idolatry can be explained on no other principle . The first inhabitants of Greece , there is reason ...
... reason about abstractions . But the great mass of men must have images . The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations to idolatry can be explained on no other principle . The first inhabitants of Greece , there is reason ...
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... reason and prejudice . That great battle was fought for no single generation , for no single land . The destinies of the human race were staked on the same cast with the freedom of the English people . Then were first proclaimed those ...
... reason and prejudice . That great battle was fought for no single generation , for no single land . The destinies of the human race were staked on the same cast with the freedom of the English people . Then were first proclaimed those ...
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... without helmet or shield against all enemies , and to give their antagonists the advantage of sun and wind . We will take the naked constitutional question . We confidently affirm , that every reason which can be urged in favour of the.
... without helmet or shield against all enemies , and to give their antagonists the advantage of sun and wind . We will take the naked constitutional question . We confidently affirm , that every reason which can be urged in favour of the.
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