Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewBernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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... better than the critic . He knew that his poetical genius derived no advan- tage from the civilisation which surrounded him , or from the learning which he had acquired ; and he looked back with something like regret to the ruder age of ...
... better than the critic . He knew that his poetical genius derived no advan- tage from the civilisation which surrounded him , or from the learning which he had acquired ; and he looked back with something like regret to the ruder age of ...
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... better theories and worse poems . They give us vague phrases instead of images , and personified qualities instead of men . They may be better able to analyse human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of ...
... better theories and worse poems . They give us vague phrases instead of images , and personified qualities instead of men . They may be better able to analyse human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of ...
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... , in some points , resembled that of Dante ; but he has treated it in a widely different manner . We cannot , we think , Macaulay , Essays . I. 2 better illustrate our opinion respecting our own great poet , MILTON . 17.
... , in some points , resembled that of Dante ; but he has treated it in a widely different manner . We cannot , we think , Macaulay , Essays . I. 2 better illustrate our opinion respecting our own great poet , MILTON . 17.
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In Five Volumes Thomas Babington Macaulay. better illustrate our opinion respecting our own great poet , than by contrasting him with the father of Tuscan literature . The poetry of Milton differs from that of Dante , as the ...
In Five Volumes Thomas Babington Macaulay. better illustrate our opinion respecting our own great poet , than by contrasting him with the father of Tuscan literature . The poetry of Milton differs from that of Dante , as the ...
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... better to luxuriate amidst sunbeams and flowers , the songs of nightingales , the juice of summer fruits , and the coolness of shady fountains . His con- ception of love unites all the voluptuousness of the Oriental haram , and all the ...
... better to luxuriate amidst sunbeams and flowers , the songs of nightingales , the juice of summer fruits , and the coolness of shady fountains . His con- ception of love unites all the voluptuousness of the Oriental haram , and all the ...
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