Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 |
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... human mind . But they will not allow the author to rank with those great men who , born in the infancy of civilisation , supplied , by their own powers , the want of instruction , and , though destitute of models them- selves ...
... human mind . But they will not allow the author to rank with those great men who , born in the infancy of civilisation , supplied , by their own powers , the want of instruction , and , though destitute of models them- selves ...
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... qualities instead of men . They may be better able to analyse human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to por- A A tray , not to dissect . He may believe in 6 MILTON .
... qualities instead of men . They may be better able to analyse human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to por- A A tray , not to dissect . He may believe in 6 MILTON .
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... human actions to self - interest , like Helvetius ; or he may never think about the matter at all . His creed on such subjects will no more influence his poetry , properly so called , than the notions which a painter may have conceived ...
... human actions to self - interest , like Helvetius ; or he may never think about the matter at all . His creed on such subjects will no more influence his poetry , properly so called , than the notions which a painter may have conceived ...
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... human compositions . The only poem of modern times which can be com- pared with the Paradise Lost is the Divine Comedy . The subject of Milton , in some points , resembled that of Dante ; but he has treated it in a widely different ...
... human compositions . The only poem of modern times which can be com- pared with the Paradise Lost is the Divine Comedy . The subject of Milton , in some points , resembled that of Dante ; but he has treated it in a widely different ...
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... human form . Yet even these transferred to the Sun the worship which , in speculation , they considered due only to the Supreme Mind . The history of the Jews is the record of a continued struggle between pure Theism , supported by the ...
... human form . Yet even these transferred to the Sun the worship which , in speculation , they considered due only to the Supreme Mind . The history of the Jews is the record of a continued struggle between pure Theism , supported by the ...
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