Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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... 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 points . The book , were it far more ...
... 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 points . The book , were it far more ...
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... , than the notions which a painter may have conceived respecting the lacrymal glands , or the circulation of the blood , will affect the tears of his Niobe , or the blushes of his Aurora . If Shakespeare had written a book 6 MILTON .
... , than the notions which a painter may have conceived respecting the lacrymal glands , or the circulation of the blood , will affect the tears of his Niobe , or the blushes of his Aurora . If Shakespeare had written a book 6 MILTON .
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... 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.
... 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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... respect differs from that of 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 ...
... respect differs from that of 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 ...
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... respect ' , only , we think , can the warmest admirers of Charles venture to say that he was a better sovereign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a Papist ; we say in name and profession , because both Charles himself ...
... respect ' , only , we think , can the warmest admirers of Charles venture to say that he was a better sovereign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a Papist ; we say in name and profession , because both Charles himself ...
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