Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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... opinions with his illustrious friend . It is therefore probable , as Mr. Lemon conjectures , that he may have fallen under the suspicions of the government during that persecution of the Whigs which followed the dis- solution of the ...
... opinions with his illustrious friend . It is therefore probable , as Mr. Lemon conjectures , that he may have fallen under the suspicions of the government during that persecution of the Whigs which followed the dis- solution of the ...
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... opinions , and tolerant towards those of others . The book itself will not add much to the fame of Milton . It is , like all his Latin works , well written , though not exactly in the style of the prize essays of Oxford and Cambridge ...
... opinions , and tolerant towards those of others . The book itself will not add much to the fame of Milton . It is , like all his Latin works , well written , though not exactly in the style of the prize essays of Oxford and Cambridge ...
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... opinions which he has expressed respecting the nature of the Deity , the eternity of matter , and the observation of the Sabbath , might , we think , have caused more just surprise . But we will not go into the discussion of these ...
... opinions which he has expressed respecting the nature of the Deity , the eternity of matter , and the observation of the Sabbath , might , we think , have caused more just surprise . But we will not go into the discussion of these ...
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... opinion , Euripides deserved . Indeed , the caresses which this partiality leads our countryman to bestow on " sad Electra's poet , " sometimes remind us of the beautiful Queen of Fairy - land kissing the long ears of Bottom . At all ...
... opinion , Euripides deserved . Indeed , the caresses which this partiality leads our countryman to bestow on " sad Electra's poet , " sometimes remind us of the beautiful Queen of Fairy - land kissing the long ears of Bottom . At all ...
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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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