Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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... genius and virtues of John Milton , the poet , the statesman , the philosopher , the glory of English literature , the champion and the martyr of English liberty . art . It is by his poetry that Milton is best known ; and it is of his ...
... genius and virtues of John Milton , the poet , the statesman , the philosopher , the glory of English literature , the champion and the martyr of English liberty . art . It is by his poetry that Milton is best known ; and it is of his ...
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... 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 simple words and vivid impressions . We think that ...
... 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 simple words and vivid impressions . We think that ...
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... genius of Petrarch was scarcely of the first order ; and his poems in the ancient language , though much praised by those who have never read them , are wretched compositions . Cowley , with all his admirable wit and ingenuity , had ...
... genius of Petrarch was scarcely of the first order ; and his poems in the ancient language , though much praised by those who have never read them , are wretched compositions . Cowley , with all his admirable wit and ingenuity , had ...
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... genius of Milton ungirds itself , without catching a glimpse of the gorgeous and terrible panoply which it is accustomed to wear . The strength of his ima- gination triumphed over every obstacle . So intense and ardent was the fire of ...
... genius of Milton ungirds itself , without catching a glimpse of the gorgeous and terrible panoply which it is accustomed to wear . The strength of his ima- gination triumphed over every obstacle . So intense and ardent was the fire of ...
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... genius of the greatest of the Athenian dramatists co- operated with the circumstances under which tragedy made its first appearance . Eschylus was , head and heart , a lyric poet . In his time , the Greeks had far more intercourse with ...
... genius of the greatest of the Athenian dramatists co- operated with the circumstances under which tragedy made its first appearance . Eschylus was , head and heart , a lyric poet . In his time , the Greeks had far more intercourse with ...
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