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Page 152
... poet , the statesman , the philosopher , the glory of English literature , the champion and the martyr of English liberty . It is by his poetry that Milton is best known ; and it is of his poetry that we wish first to speak . By the ...
... poet , the statesman , the philosopher , the glory of English literature , the champion and the martyr of English liberty . It is by his poetry that Milton is best known ; and it is of his poetry that we wish first to speak . By the ...
Page 154
... poet . His office is to por- tray , not to dissect . He may believe in a moral 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 ...
... poet . His office is to por- tray , not to dissect . He may believe in a moral 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 ...
Page 156
... poet calls up grow fainter and fainter . We cannot unite the incompatible advantages of reality and deception , the clear discernment of truth and the exquisite enjoyment of fiction . He who , in an enlightened and literary society ...
... poet calls up grow fainter and fainter . We cannot unite the incompatible advantages of reality and deception , the clear discernment of truth and the exquisite enjoyment of fiction . He who , in an enlightened and literary society ...
Contents
HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
INDEX | 38 |
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