Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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Page 13
... composition so essentially dissimilar as the draina and the ode . The business of the dramatist is to keep himself out of sight , and to let nothing appear but his characters . As soon as he attracts notice to his MILTON . 13.
... composition so essentially dissimilar as the draina and the ode . The business of the dramatist is to keep himself out of sight , and to let nothing appear but his characters . As soon as he attracts notice to his MILTON . 13.
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Contributed to the Edinburgh Review Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. characters . As soon as he attracts notice to his per- sonal feelings , the illusion is broken . The effect is as unpleasant as that which is produced on the ...
Contributed to the Edinburgh Review Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. characters . As soon as he attracts notice to his per- sonal feelings , the illusion is broken . The effect is as unpleasant as that which is produced on the ...
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... Soon after Christianity had achieved its triumph , the principle which had assisted it began to corrupt it . It became a new Paganism . Patron saints as- sumed the offices of household gods . St. George took the place of Mars . St. Elmo ...
... Soon after Christianity had achieved its triumph , the principle which had assisted it began to corrupt it . It became a new Paganism . Patron saints as- sumed the offices of household gods . St. George took the place of Mars . St. Elmo ...
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... Soon , how- ever , plenty teaches discretion ; and , after wine has been for a few months their daily fare , they become more temperate than they had ever been in their own country . In the same manner , the final and 40 MILTON .
... Soon , how- ever , plenty teaches discretion ; and , after wine has been for a few months their daily fare , they become more temperate than they had ever been in their own country . In the same manner , the final and 40 MILTON .
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... soon be able to bear it . In a few years men learn to reason . The extreme violence of opinions subsides . Hostile theories correct each other . The scattered elements of truth cease to contend , and begin to coalesce . And at length a ...
... soon be able to bear it . In a few years men learn to reason . The extreme violence of opinions subsides . Hostile theories correct each other . The scattered elements of truth cease to contend , and begin to coalesce . And at length a ...
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