Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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... manner honourable to his talents and to his character . His version is not indeed very easy or elegant ; but it is entitled to the praise of clearness and fidelity . His notes abound with in- teresting quotations , and have the rare ...
... manner honourable to his talents and to his character . His version is not indeed very easy or elegant ; but it is entitled to the praise of clearness and fidelity . His notes abound with in- teresting quotations , and have the rare ...
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... manner as to make up a man , a real , living , individual man ? Perhaps no person can be a poet , or can even enjoy poetry , without a certain unsoundness of mind , if any thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called ...
... manner as to make up a man , a real , living , individual man ? Perhaps no person can be a poet , or can even enjoy poetry , without a certain unsoundness of mind , if any thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called ...
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... manner indispensable to such works is admirably preserved , while , at the same time , his genius gives to them a peculiar charm , an air of nobleness and freedom , which distinguishes them from all other writings of the same class ...
... manner indispensable to such works is admirably preserved , while , at the same time , his genius gives to them a peculiar charm , an air of nobleness and freedom , which distinguishes them from all other writings of the same class ...
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... manners of a distant region . A third evokes all the dear classical recollections of childhood , the school - room , the dog ... manner more happily displayed than in the Allegro and the Penseroso . It is impossible to conceive that the ...
... manners of a distant region . A third evokes all the dear classical recollections of childhood , the school - room , the dog ... manner more happily displayed than in the Allegro and the Penseroso . It is impossible to conceive that the ...
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... manner . We cannot , we think , 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 ...
... manner . We cannot , we think , 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 ...
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