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Pagina 5
... better than the critic . He knew that his poetical genius derived no advantage 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 advantage 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 ...
Pagina 6
... better objects of imitation . It may indeed improve the instruments which are necessary to the mechanical operations ... better theories and worse poems . They give us vague phrases instead of images , and personified qualities instead ...
... better objects of imitation . It may indeed improve the instruments which are necessary to the mechanical operations ... better theories and worse poems . They give us vague phrases instead of images , and personified qualities instead ...
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... better illustrate our opinion respecting our own great poet , than by con- trasting him with the father of Tuscan literature . The poetry of Milton differs from that of Dante , as the hieroglyphics of Egypt differed from the picture ...
... better illustrate our opinion respecting our own great poet , than by con- trasting him with the father of Tuscan literature . The poetry of Milton differs from that of Dante , as the hieroglyphics of Egypt differed from the picture ...
Pagina 29
... better to luxuriate amidst sunbeams and flowers , the songs of nightin- gales , the juice of summer fruits , and the coolness of shady fountains . His conception of love unites all the voluptuousness of the Oriental haram , and all the ...
... better to luxuriate amidst sunbeams and flowers , the songs of nightin- gales , the juice of summer fruits , and the coolness of shady fountains . His conception of love unites all the voluptuousness of the Oriental haram , and all the ...
Pagina 32
... better sovereign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a Papist ; we say in name and pro- fession , because both Charles himself and his crea- ture Laud , while they abjured the innocent badges of Popery , retained all ...
... better sovereign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a Papist ; we say in name and pro- fession , because both Charles himself and his crea- ture Laud , while they abjured the innocent badges of Popery , retained all ...
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admiration Antinomian army authority believe Boswell Bunyan called Catholic century character Charles Christian Church Clarendon conduct constitution contempt court crime Croker Cromwell death doctrines doubt effect eminent enemies England English evil executive government favour feeling genius Hallam Hampden honour House of Commons human interest Italy Jews John Hampden Johnson King liberty literary lived Long Parliament Lord Byron Machiavelli manner means ment military Milton mind moral nation nature never noble opinion oppression Paradise Lost Parliament party passages passed passions persecution person Petition of Right Pilgrim's Progress poems poet poetry political Pope Prince principles produced Puritans racter readers reason reign religion respect Revolution Robert Montgomery says scarcely seems Sir Walter Scott sophisms Southey Southey's spirit Strafford strong talents temper thing tion tyranny tyrant violent wealth Whigs whole writer
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Pagina 12 - in his attempt to translate into his own diction some parts of the Paradise Lost, is a remarkable instance of this. In support of these observations we may remark, that scarcely any passages in the poems of Milton are more generally known, or more frequently repeated, than those which arc little more than
Pagina 7 - have created an lago ? Well as he knew how to resolve characters into their elements, would he have been able to combine those elements in such a manner as to make up a man, a real, living, individual man ? Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind, if any
Pagina 385 - demeanour in society should be harsh and despotic. For severe distress he had sympathy, and not only sympathy, but munificent relief. But for the suffering which a harsh word inflicts upon a delicate mind he had no pity; for it was a kind of suffering which he could scarcely conceive. He would
Pagina 383 - as the reward of mere literary merit. One or two of the many poets who attached themselves to the opposition, Thomson in particular and Mallet, obtained, after much severe suffering, the means of subsistence from their political friends. Richardson, like a man of sense, kept his shop ; and his shop kept him, which his novels,
Pagina 22 - fault inseparable from the plan of his poem, which, as we have already observed, rendered the utmost accuracy of description necessary. Still it is a fault. His supernatural agents excite an interest; but it is not the interest which is proper to supernatural agents. We feel that we could talk to
Pagina 53 - still remains to be mentioned. If he exerted himself to overthrow a forsworn king and a persecuting hierarchy, he exerted himself in conjunction with others. But the glory of the battle which he fought for that species of freedom which is the most valuable, and which was then
Pagina 376 - puffings, his vigorous, acute, and ready eloquence, his sarcastic wit, his vehemence, his insolence, his fits of tempestuous rage, his queer inmates, old Mr. Levett and blind Mrs. Williams, the cat Hodge and the negro Frank, all arc as familiar to us as the objects by which we have been surrounded from childhood.
Pagina 41 - reformed the representative system in a manner which has extorted praise even from Lord Clarendon. For himself he demanded indeed the first place in the commonwealth; but with powers scarcely so great as those of a Dutch stadtholdcr, or an American president. He gave the Parliament a voice in the
Pagina 11 - is the extreme remoteness of the associations by means of which it acts on the reader. Its effect is produced, not so much by what it expresses, as by what it suggests; not so much by the ideas which it directly conveys, as by other ideas which are
Pagina 64 - of the Vatican. Alexander, when he commanded our Henry the Second to submit to the lash before the tomb of a rebellious subject, was himself an exile. The Romans, apprehending that he entertained designs against their liberties, had driven him from their city; and, though he solemnly promised to confine himself for the future