Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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... give his con- sent to the republication of pieces so imperfect , if , by withholding his consent , he could make republication impossible . But , as they have been reprinted more than once in the United States , as many American copies ...
... give his con- sent to the republication of pieces so imperfect , if , by withholding his consent , he could make republication impossible . But , as they have been reprinted more than once in the United States , as many American copies ...
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... give us vague phrases instead of images , and personified 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 portray , not ...
... give us vague phrases instead of images , and personified 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 portray , not ...
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... gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean not all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our definition excludes many metrical compositions which , on other grounds , deserve the highest ...
... gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean not all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our definition excludes many metrical compositions which , on other grounds , deserve the highest ...
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... same time , his genius gives to them a peculiar charm , an air of nobleness and freedom , which distinguishes them from all other writings of the same class . They remind us of the amusements of those angelic warriors who 10 MILTON .
... same time , his genius gives to them a peculiar charm , an air of nobleness and freedom , which distinguishes them from all other writings of the same class . They remind us of the amusements of those angelic warriors who 10 MILTON .
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... so much by the ideas which it directly conveys , as by other ideas which are con- nected with them . He electrifies the mind through conductors . The most unimaginative man must understand the Iliad . Homer gives him no choice , MILTON .
... so much by the ideas which it directly conveys , as by other ideas which are con- nected with them . He electrifies the mind through conductors . The most unimaginative man must understand the Iliad . Homer gives him no choice , MILTON .
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