Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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... scarcely a paragraph such as his matured judgment approves , still remains overloaded with gaudy and ungraceful ornament . The blemishes which have been removed were , for the most part , blemishes caused by unavoid- able haste . The ...
... scarcely a paragraph such as his matured judgment approves , still remains overloaded with gaudy and ungraceful ornament . The blemishes which have been removed were , for the most part , blemishes caused by unavoid- able haste . The ...
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... scarcely conceive that any person could have read the Paradise Lost without suspecting him of the former ; nor do we think that any reader , acquainted with the history of his life , ought to be much startled at the latter . The ...
... scarcely conceive that any person could have read the Paradise Lost without suspecting him of the former ; nor do we think that any reader , acquainted with the history of his life , ought to be much startled at the latter . The ...
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... scarcely be able to conceive the effect which poetry produced on their ruder ancestors , the agony , the ecstasy , the plenitude of belief . The Greek Rhapsodists , accord- ing to Plato , could scarce recite Homer without falling into ...
... scarcely be able to conceive the effect which poetry produced on their ruder ancestors , the agony , the ecstasy , the plenitude of belief . The Greek Rhapsodists , accord- ing to Plato , could scarce recite Homer without falling into ...
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... scarcely of the first order ; and his poems in the ancient language , though much praised by those who have never read them , are wretched compositions . Cowley , with all his admirable wit and ingenuity , had little imagination : nor ...
... scarcely of the first order ; and his poems in the ancient language , though much praised by those who have never read them , are wretched compositions . Cowley , with all his admirable wit and ingenuity , had little imagination : nor ...
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... scarcely any passages in the poems of Milton are more generally known or more frequently repeated than those which are little more than muster - rolls of names . They are not always more appropriate or more melodious than other names ...
... scarcely any passages in the poems of Milton are more generally known or more frequently repeated than those which are little more than muster - rolls of names . They are not always more appropriate or more melodious than other names ...
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admiration army authority beauty believe Boswell Buckinghamshire Bunyan called Catholic century character Charles Christian Church Church of England Clarendon conduct constitution contempt court crime Croker Cromwell dæmons death doctrine doubt effect eminent enemies England English evil executive government favour feeling genius Hallam Hampden honour House of Commons human interest Italy Jews 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 sophisms Southey Southey's spirit Strafford strong talents temper thing tion tyranny tyrant wealth Whigs whole writer