Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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Page 12
... expression in general means nothing : but , applied to the writings of Milton , it is most appropriate . His poetry acts like an incantation . Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in its occult power . There would seem , at ...
... expression in general means nothing : but , applied to the writings of Milton , it is most appropriate . His poetry acts like an incantation . Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in its occult power . There would seem , at ...
Page 63
... expression indicating that dissimulation and treachery had ever struck him as dis- creditable . After this , it may seem ridiculous to say that we are ac- quainted with few writings which exhibit so much elevation of MACHIAVELLI . 63.
... expression indicating that dissimulation and treachery had ever struck him as dis- creditable . After this , it may seem ridiculous to say that we are ac- quainted with few writings which exhibit so much elevation of MACHIAVELLI . 63.
Page 105
... expression generally springs from confusion of ideas ; and the same wish to dazzle at any cost which produces affectation in the manner of a writer , is likely to produce sophistry in his reasonings . The judicious and candid mind of ...
... expression generally springs from confusion of ideas ; and the same wish to dazzle at any cost which produces affectation in the manner of a writer , is likely to produce sophistry in his reasonings . The judicious and candid mind of ...
Page 144
... expression of the fallen minister , when he heard that Charles had consented to his death . The whole history of the times is a sermon on that bitter text . The defence of the Long Parliament is comprised in the dying words of its ...
... expression of the fallen minister , when he heard that Charles had consented to his death . The whole history of the times is a sermon on that bitter text . The defence of the Long Parliament is comprised in the dying words of its ...
Page 149
... to him more than insinuated that his purpose was of the most atrocious kind . We will not condemn him merely on their suspicions . We will not hold him answerable for the sanguinary expressions of HALLAM'S CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY . 149.
... to him more than insinuated that his purpose was of the most atrocious kind . We will not condemn him merely on their suspicions . We will not hold him answerable for the sanguinary expressions of HALLAM'S CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY . 149.
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