Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to The Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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... sense and spirit to pedantic refinements . The nature of his subject compelled him to use many words " That would have made Quintilian stare and gasp . " But he writes with as much ease and freedom as if Latin were his mother tongue ...
... sense and spirit to pedantic refinements . The nature of his subject compelled him to use many words " That would have made Quintilian stare and gasp . " But he writes with as much ease and freedom as if Latin were his mother tongue ...
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... sense , like Shaftesbury ; he may refer all human actions to self - interest , like Helvetius ; or he may never think about the matter at all . His creed on such subjects will no more influence his poetry , properly so called , than the ...
... sense , like Shaftesbury ; he may refer all human actions to self - interest , like Helvetius ; or he may never think about the matter at all . His creed on such subjects will no more influence his poetry , properly so called , than the ...
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... sense of the pleasant- ness of external objects , or loved better to luxuriate amidst sunbeams and flowers , the songs of nightingales , the juice of summer fruits , and the coolness of shady fountains . His con- ception of love unites ...
... sense of the pleasant- ness of external objects , or loved better to luxuriate amidst sunbeams and flowers , the songs of nightingales , the juice of summer fruits , and the coolness of shady fountains . His con- ception of love unites ...
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... sense of the value of literature , a finer relish for every elegant amusement , or a more chivalrous delicacy of honour and love . Though his opinions were democratic , his tastes and his associations were such as harmonise best with ...
... sense of the value of literature , a finer relish for every elegant amusement , or a more chivalrous delicacy of honour and love . Though his opinions were democratic , his tastes and his associations were such as harmonise best with ...
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... sense of the ridiculous ex- quisitely keen . This is strange and yet the strangest is behind . There is no reason whatever to think , that those amongst whom he lived saw any thing shocking or incongruous in his writings . Abundant ...
... sense of the ridiculous ex- quisitely keen . This is strange and yet the strangest is behind . There is no reason whatever to think , that those amongst whom he lived saw any thing shocking or incongruous in his writings . Abundant ...
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