Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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... character . His version is not in- deed very easy or elegant ; but it is entitled to the praise of clearness and fidelity . His notes abound with interesting quotations , and have the rare merit of really elucidating the text . The ...
... character . His version is not in- deed very easy or elegant ; but it is entitled to the praise of clearness and fidelity . His notes abound with interesting quotations , and have the rare merit of really elucidating the text . The ...
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... characters , patriots and tyrants , haters and lovers , the frown and sneer of Harold were discernible in an instant ... character . The genius of the greatest of the Athenian dramatists cooperated with the circumstances under which ...
... characters , patriots and tyrants , haters and lovers , the frown and sneer of Harold were discernible in an instant ... character . The genius of the greatest of the Athenian dramatists cooperated with the circumstances under which ...
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... characters are , like their forms , marked by a certain dim re- semblance to those of men , but exaggerated to gigantic ... character ; and the same peculiarity may be traced in his mythology . It has nothing of the amenity and elegance ...
... characters are , like their forms , marked by a certain dim re- semblance to those of men , but exaggerated to gigantic ... character ; and the same peculiarity may be traced in his mythology . It has nothing of the amenity and elegance ...
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... characters also are mingled , though in very different proportions , some kind and generous feelings . Prometheus , however , is hardly superhuman enough . He talks too much of his chains and his uneasy posture ... character from 26 MILTON .
... characters also are mingled , though in very different proportions , some kind and generous feelings . Prometheus , however , is hardly superhuman enough . He talks too much of his chains and his uneasy posture ... character from 26 MILTON .
Pagina 27
... character of Milton was peculiarly distin- guished by loftiness of spirit ; that of Dante by intensity of feeling . In every line of the Divine Comedy we discern the asperity which is produced by pride struggling with misery . There is ...
... character of Milton was peculiarly distin- guished by loftiness of spirit ; that of Dante by intensity of feeling . In every line of the Divine Comedy we discern the asperity which is produced by pride struggling with misery . There is ...
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