Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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... least from errors of the press and from slips of the pen . These volumes contain the Reviews which have been reprinted in the United States , with a very few exceptions , which the most partial reader will not regret . The author has ...
... least from errors of the press and from slips of the pen . These volumes contain the Reviews which have been reprinted in the United States , with a very few exceptions , which the most partial reader will not regret . The author has ...
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... least happy , his failure seems to arise from the carelessness of a native , not from the ignorance of a foreigner . We may apply to him what Denham with great fe- licity says of Cowley . He wears the garb , 2 MILTON .
... least happy , his failure seems to arise from the carelessness of a native , not from the ignorance of a foreigner . We may apply to him what Denham with great fe- licity says of Cowley . He wears the garb , 2 MILTON .
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... least successful performances . They resemble those pasteboard pictures invented by the friend of children , Mr. Newbery , in which a single moveable head goes round twenty different bodies , so that the same face looks out upon us ...
... least successful performances . They resemble those pasteboard pictures invented by the friend of children , Mr. Newbery , in which a single moveable head goes round twenty different bodies , so that the same face looks out upon us ...
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... least successful effort of the genius of Milton . The Comus is framed on the model of the Italian Masque , as the Samson is framed on the model of the Greek Tragedy . It is certainly the noblest perform- ance of the kind which exists in ...
... least successful effort of the genius of Milton . The Comus is framed on the model of the Italian Masque , as the Samson is framed on the model of the Greek Tragedy . It is certainly the noblest perform- ance of the kind which exists in ...
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... least , been more distinguished by zeal than either by candour or by skill . On the other side are the most authoritative and the most popular histori- cal works in our language , that of Clarendon , and that of Hume . The former is not ...
... least , been more distinguished by zeal than either by candour or by skill . On the other side are the most authoritative and the most popular histori- cal works in our language , that of Clarendon , and that of Hume . The former is not ...
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