Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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... better than the critic . He knew that his poetical genius derived no advantage from the civilisation which surrounded him , or from the learning which he had acquired ; and he looked back with something like regret to the ruder age of ...
... better than the critic . He knew that his poetical genius derived no advantage from the civilisation which surrounded him , or from the learning which he had acquired ; and he looked back with something like regret to the ruder age of ...
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... better objects of imitation . It may indeed improve the instruments which are necessary to the mechanical operations ... better theories and worse poems . They give us vague phrases instead of images , and personified qualities instead ...
... better objects of imitation . It may indeed improve the instruments which are necessary to the mechanical operations ... better theories and worse poems . They give us vague phrases instead of images , and personified qualities instead ...
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... better illustrate our opinion respecting our own great poet , than by con- trasting him with the father of Tuscan literature . The poetry of Milton differs from that of Dante , as the hieroglyphics of Egypt differed from the picture ...
... better illustrate our opinion respecting our own great poet , than by con- trasting him with the father of Tuscan literature . The poetry of Milton differs from that of Dante , as the hieroglyphics of Egypt differed from the picture ...
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... better to luxuriate amidst sunbeams and flowers , the songs of nightin- gales , the juice of summer fruits , and the coolness of shady fountains . His conception of love unites all the voluptuousness of the Oriental haram , and all the ...
... better to luxuriate amidst sunbeams and flowers , the songs of nightin- gales , the juice of summer fruits , and the coolness of shady fountains . His conception of love unites all the voluptuousness of the Oriental haram , and all the ...
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... better sovereign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a Papist ; we say in name and pro- fession , because both Charles himself and his crea- ture Laud , while they abjured the innocent badges of Popery , retained all ...
... better sovereign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a Papist ; we say in name and pro- fession , because both Charles himself and his crea- ture Laud , while they abjured the innocent badges of Popery , retained all ...
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