Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to The Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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... of Milton , in some points , resembled that of Dante ; but he has treated it in a widely different manner . We cannot , we think , Macaulay , Essays . I. 2 better illustrate our opinion respecting our own great poet , MILTON . 17.
... of Milton , in some points , resembled that of Dante ; but he has treated it in a widely different manner . We cannot , we think , Macaulay , Essays . I. 2 better illustrate our opinion respecting our own great poet , MILTON . 17.
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... Dante , as the hieroglyphics of Egypt differed from the picture - writing of Mexico . The images which Dante employs speak for them- selves ; they stand simply for what they are . Those of Milton have a signification which is often ...
... Dante , as the hieroglyphics of Egypt differed from the picture - writing of Mexico . The images which Dante employs speak for them- selves ; they stand simply for what they are . Those of Milton have a signification which is often ...
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... Dante has described the gigantic spectre of Nimrod . " His face seemed to me as long and as broad as the ball of St. Peter's at Rome ; and his other limbs were in proportion ; so that the bank , which concealed him from the waist down ...
... Dante has described the gigantic spectre of Nimrod . " His face seemed to me as long and as broad as the ball of St. Peter's at Rome ; and his other limbs were in proportion ; so that the bank , which concealed him from the waist down ...
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... Dante , as the adventures of Amadis differ from those of Gulliver . The author of Amadis would have made his book ridiculous if he had introduced those minute particulars which give such a charm to the work of Swift , the nautical ...
... Dante , as the adventures of Amadis differ from those of Gulliver . The author of Amadis would have made his book ridiculous if he had introduced those minute particulars which give such a charm to the work of Swift , the nautical ...
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... Dante is picturesque indeed beyond any that ever was written . Its effect approaches to that produced by the pencil ... Dante's poem , which , as we have already observed , rendered the utmost accuracy of description necessary . Still it ...
... Dante is picturesque indeed beyond any that ever was written . Its effect approaches to that produced by the pencil ... Dante's poem , which , as we have already observed , rendered the utmost accuracy of description necessary . Still it ...
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