Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 402 pages |
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Page 14
... heart , a lyric poet . In his time , the Greeks had far more intercourse with the East than in the days of Homer ; and they had not yet acquired that immense superiority in war , in science , and in the arts , which , in the following ...
... heart , a lyric poet . In his time , the Greeks had far more intercourse with the East than in the days of Homer ; and they had not yet acquired that immense superiority in war , in science , and in the arts , which , in the following ...
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... hearts of the oppressed , and loosed the knees of the oppressors with an unwonted fear . Of those principles , then struggling for their infant existence , Milton was the most devoted and eloquent literary champion . We need not say how ...
... hearts of the oppressed , and loosed the knees of the oppressors with an unwonted fear . Of those principles , then struggling for their infant existence , Milton was the most devoted and eloquent literary champion . We need not say how ...
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... hearts and narrow minds , the golden age of the coward , the bigot , and the slave . The King cringed to his rival that he might trample on his people , sank into a viceroy of France , and pocketed , with complacent infamy , her de ...
... hearts and narrow minds , the golden age of the coward , the bigot , and the slave . The King cringed to his rival that he might trample on his people , sank into a viceroy of France , and pocketed , with complacent infamy , her de ...
Page 55
... heart relents ; but his hand is firm . He does nought in hate , but all in honour . He kisses the beautiful deceiver before he destroys her . That from which the public character of Milton derives its great and peculiar splendour still ...
... heart relents ; but his hand is firm . He does nought in hate , but all in honour . He kisses the beautiful deceiver before he destroys her . That from which the public character of Milton derives its great and peculiar splendour still ...
Page 69
... , which divided his own heart with a frigid mistress and a more frigid Muse . Bocaccio turned their attention to the more sublime and graceful models of Greece . of From this time , the admiration of learning and genius MACHIAVELLI . 69.
... , which divided his own heart with a frigid mistress and a more frigid Muse . Bocaccio turned their attention to the more sublime and graceful models of Greece . of From this time , the admiration of learning and genius MACHIAVELLI . 69.
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