Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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... in every magazine ; and it will then , to borrow the elegant language of the play- bills , be withdrawn , to make room for the forthcoming novelties . We wish however to avail ourselves of the interest , P 2 MILTON . 3.
... in every magazine ; and it will then , to borrow the elegant language of the play- bills , be withdrawn , to make room for the forthcoming novelties . We wish however to avail ourselves of the interest , P 2 MILTON . 3.
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... interest , transient as it may be , which this work has excited . The dexterous Capuchins never choose to preach on the life and miracles of a saint , till they have awakened the devotional feelings of their auditors by exhibiting some ...
... interest , transient as it may be , which this work has excited . The dexterous Capuchins never choose to preach on the life and miracles of a saint , till they have awakened the devotional feelings of their auditors by exhibiting some ...
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... interest , like Helvetius ; or he may never think about the matter at all . His creed on such subjects will no more influence his poetry , properly so called , than the notions which a painter may have conceived respecting the lacrymal ...
... interest , like Helvetius ; or he may never think about the matter at all . His creed on such subjects will no more influence his poetry , properly so called , than the notions which a painter may have conceived respecting the lacrymal ...
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... a fault inseparable from the plan of Dante's poem , which , as we have already observed , rendered the utmost ac- curacy of description necessary . Still it is a fault . The supernatural agents excite an interest ; but it is 24 MILTON .
... a fault inseparable from the plan of Dante's poem , which , as we have already observed , rendered the utmost ac- curacy of description necessary . Still it is a fault . The supernatural agents excite an interest ; but it is 24 MILTON .
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... interest ; but it is not the interest which is proper to supernatural agents . We feel that we could talk to the ghosts and dæmons , without any emotion of unearthly awe . We could , like Don Juan , ask them to supper , and eat heartily ...
... interest ; but it is not the interest which is proper to supernatural agents . We feel that we could talk to the ghosts and dæmons , without any emotion of unearthly awe . We could , like Don Juan , ask them to supper , and eat heartily ...
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