Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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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 mechani- cal ... better theories and worse poems . They give us vague phrases instead of images , and personified qualities instead of men ...
... better objects of imitation . It may indeed improve the instruments which are necessary to the mechani- cal ... better theories and worse poems . They give us vague phrases instead of images , and personified qualities instead of men ...
Pagina 18
... 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 hieroglyphics of Egypt differed from the picture ...
... 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 hieroglyphics of Egypt differed from the picture ...
Pagina 29
... better to luxuriate amidst sunbeams and flowers , the songs of nightingales , 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 nightingales , 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 creature Laud , while they abjured the innocent badges of Popery , retained all its ...
... 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 creature Laud , while they abjured the innocent badges of Popery , retained all its ...
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