Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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... mind , emancipated from the in- fluence of authority , and devoted to the search of truth . Milton professes to form his system from the Bible alone ; and his digest of scriptural texts is certainly among the 2 MILTON .
... mind , emancipated from the in- fluence of authority , and devoted to the search of truth . Milton professes to form his system from the Bible alone ; and his digest of scriptural texts is certainly among the 2 MILTON .
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... mind . But they will not allow the author to rank with those great men who , born in the infancy of civilisation , supplied , by their own powers , the want of instruction , and , though destitute of models themselves , bequeathed to ...
... mind . But they will not allow the author to rank with those great men who , born in the infancy of civilisation , supplied , by their own powers , the want of instruction , and , though destitute of models themselves , bequeathed to ...
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... mind , if any thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean not all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our definition excludes many metrical com- positions which , on other ...
... mind , if any thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean not all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our definition excludes many metrical com- positions which , on other ...
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... minds . In a rude state of society men are children with a greater variety of ideas . It is therefore in such a state of society that we may expect to find the poetical temperament in its highest perfection . In an ... mind 8 MILTON .
... minds . In a rude state of society men are children with a greater variety of ideas . It is therefore in such a state of society that we may expect to find the poetical temperament in its highest perfection . In an ... mind 8 MILTON .
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... mind . He must unlearn much of that knowledge which has perhaps constituted hitherto his chief title to superiority . His very talents will be a hindrance to him . His difficulties will be proportioned to his proficiency in the pursuits ...
... mind . He must unlearn much of that knowledge which has perhaps constituted hitherto his chief title to superiority . His very talents will be a hindrance to him . His difficulties will be proportioned to his proficiency in the pursuits ...
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