Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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... of the reader co - operate with that of the writer . He does not paint a finished picture , or play for a mere passive listener . He sketches , and leaves others to fill up the outline . He strikes the key - MILTON . 11.
... of the reader co - operate with that of the writer . He does not paint a finished picture , or play for a mere passive listener . He sketches , and leaves others to fill up the outline . He strikes the key - MILTON . 11.
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... writers . The book of Job , indeed , in conduct and diction , bears a considerable resemblance to some of his dramas . Considered as plays , his works are absurd ; consi- dered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance ...
... writers . The book of Job , indeed , in conduct and diction , bears a considerable resemblance to some of his dramas . Considered as plays , his works are absurd ; consi- dered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance ...
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... writer , and break the illusion of the reader . The finest passages are those which are lyric in form as well as in spirit . “ I should much commend , " says the excellent Sir Henry Wotton in a letter to Milton , " the tragical part if ...
... writer , and break the illusion of the reader . The finest passages are those which are lyric in form as well as in spirit . “ I should much commend , " says the excellent Sir Henry Wotton in a letter to Milton , " the tragical part if ...
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... writer as clear to the reader as it is to himself . The ruins of the precipice which led from the sixth to the seventh circle of hell were like those of the rock which fell into the Adige on the south of Trent . The cataract of ...
... writer as clear to the reader as it is to himself . The ruins of the precipice which led from the sixth to the seventh circle of hell were like those of the rock which fell into the Adige on the south of Trent . The cataract of ...
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... writers . Each in his own department is incomparable ; and each , we may remark , has wisely , or fortunately , taken a subject adapted to exhibit his peculiar talent to the greatest advantage . The Divine Comedy is a personal narrative ...
... writers . Each in his own department is incomparable ; and each , we may remark , has wisely , or fortunately , taken a subject adapted to exhibit his peculiar talent to the greatest advantage . The Divine Comedy is a personal narrative ...
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