Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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... appear in a form which might seem to indicate that he thought them worthy of a permanent place in English literature . Nor would he now give his con- sent to the republication of pieces so imperfect , if , by withholding his consent ...
... appear in a form which might seem to indicate that he thought them worthy of a permanent place in English literature . Nor would he now give his con- sent to the republication of pieces so imperfect , if , by withholding his consent ...
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... appear as it probably would have appeared when it was first published , if he had then been allowed an additional day or two to revise the proof - sheets , with the assistance of a good library . VOL . I. a CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME ...
... appear as it probably would have appeared when it was first published , if he had then been allowed an additional day or two to revise the proof - sheets , with the assistance of a good library . VOL . I. a CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME ...
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... appear , that no poet has ever had to struggle with more unfavourable circumstances than Milton . He doubted , as he has himself owned , whether he had not been born " an age too late . " For this notion Johnson has thought fit to make ...
... appear , that no poet has ever had to struggle with more unfavourable circumstances than Milton . He doubted , as he has himself owned , whether he had not been born " an age too late . " For this notion Johnson has thought fit to make ...
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... kinds of composition so essentially dissimilar as the draina and the ode . The business of the dramatist is to keep himself out of sight , and to let nothing appear but his characters . As soon as he attracts notice to his MILTON . 13.
... kinds of composition so essentially dissimilar as the draina and the ode . The business of the dramatist is to keep himself out of sight , and to let nothing appear but his characters . As soon as he attracts notice to his MILTON . 13.
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... appear to be justifiable or criminal . We shall therefore make no apology for dedi- cating a few pages to the discussion of that interesting and most important question . We shall not argue it on general grounds . We shall not recur to ...
... appear to be justifiable or criminal . We shall therefore make no apology for dedi- cating a few pages to the discussion of that interesting and most important question . We shall not argue it on general grounds . We shall not recur to ...
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