Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 402 pages |
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... respecting the nature of the Deity , the eternity of matter , and the observation of the Sabbath , might , we think , have caused more just surprise . But we will not go into the discussion of these points . The book , were it far more ...
... respecting the nature of the Deity , the eternity of matter , and the observation of the Sabbath , might , we think , have caused more just surprise . But we will not go into the discussion of these points . The book , were it far more ...
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... such subjects will no more influence his poetry , properly so called , than the notions which a painter may have conceived respecting the lacrymal glands , or the circulation of the blood , will affect the tears of his 6 MILTON .
... such subjects will no more influence his poetry , properly so called , than the notions which a painter may have conceived respecting the lacrymal glands , or the circulation of the blood , will affect the tears of his 6 MILTON .
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... Milton , 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.
... Milton , 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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... respect differs from that of Dante , as the adventures of Amadis differ from those of Gulliver . The author of Amadis would have made his book ridiculous if he had introduced those minute particulars which give such a charm to the work ...
... respect differs from that of Dante , as the adventures of Amadis differ from those of Gulliver . The author of Amadis would have made his book ridiculous if he had introduced those minute particulars which give such a charm to the work ...
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