Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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... reason from the progress of the experimental sciences to that of the imitative arts . The improvement of the former is gradual and slow . Ages are spent in collecting ma- terials , ages more in separating and combining them . Even when ...
... reason from the progress of the experimental sciences to that of the imitative arts . The improvement of the former is gradual and slow . Ages are spent in collecting ma- terials , ages more in separating and combining them . Even when ...
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... reason about it only by symbols . We use the word ; but we have no image of the thing ; and the business of poetry is with images , and not with words . The poet uses words indeed ; but they are merely the instruments of his art , not ...
... reason about it only by symbols . We use the word ; but we have no image of the thing ; and the business of poetry is with images , and not with words . The poet uses words indeed ; but they are merely the instruments of his art , not ...
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... reason about abstractions . But the great mass of men must have images . The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations to idolatry can be explained on no other principle . The first inhabitants of Greece , there is reason ...
... reason about abstractions . But the great mass of men must have images . The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations to idolatry can be explained on no other principle . The first inhabitants of Greece , there is reason ...
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... reason and prejudice . That great battle was fought for no single generation , for no single land . The destinies of the human race were staked on the same cast with the freedom of the English people . Then were first proclaimed those ...
... reason and prejudice . That great battle was fought for no single generation , for no single land . The destinies of the human race were staked on the same cast with the freedom of the English people . Then were first proclaimed those ...
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... reason which can be urged in favour of the Revolution of 1688 may be urged with at least equal force in favour of what is called the Great Rebellion . In one respect , only , we think , can the warmest admirers of Charles venture to say ...
... reason which can be urged in favour of the Revolution of 1688 may be urged with at least equal force in favour of what is called the Great Rebellion . In one respect , only , we think , can the warmest admirers of Charles venture to say ...
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