Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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... considered in themselves , may be classed among the noblest productions of the human mind . But they But they will not allow the author to rank with those great men who , born in the infancy of civilisation , supplied , by their own ...
... considered in themselves , may be classed among the noblest productions of the human mind . But they But they will not allow the author to rank with those great men who , born in the infancy of civilisation , supplied , by their own ...
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... considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance , we examine the address of Clytemnestra to Agamem- non on his return , or the description of the seven Argive chiefs , by the principles of dramatic writing , we ...
... considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance , we examine the address of Clytemnestra to Agamem- non on his return , or the description of the seven Argive chiefs , by the principles of dramatic writing , we ...
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... considered judgments have been pronounced , we feel inclined to dwell on it a little longer . The most fatal error which a poet can possibly commit in the manage- ment of his machinery , is that of attempting to philo- sophise too much ...
... considered judgments have been pronounced , we feel inclined to dwell on it a little longer . The most fatal error which a poet can possibly commit in the manage- ment of his machinery , is that of attempting to philo- sophise too much ...
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... considered due only to the Supreme Mind . The history of the Jews is the record of a continued struggle between pure Theism , supported by the most terrible sanctions , and the strangely fascinating desire of having some visible and ...
... considered due only to the Supreme Mind . The history of the Jews is the record of a continued struggle between pure Theism , supported by the most terrible sanctions , and the strangely fascinating desire of having some visible and ...
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... performance is now with justice considered only as a beacon to word - catchers , who wish to become statesmen . The celebrity of the man who refuted it , the " Enea magni dextra , " gives it all its fame with 44 MILTON .
... performance is now with justice considered only as a beacon to word - catchers , who wish to become statesmen . The celebrity of the man who refuted it , the " Enea magni dextra , " gives it all its fame with 44 MILTON .
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