Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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... seem to indicate that he thought them worthy of a permanent place in English literature . Nor would he now give his con- sent to the republication of pieces so imperfect , if , by withholding his consent , he could make republication ...
... seem to indicate that he thought them worthy of a permanent place in English literature . Nor would he now give his con- sent to the republication of pieces so imperfect , if , by withholding his consent , he could make republication ...
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... and , where he is least happy , his failure seems to arise from the careless- ness of a native , not from the ignorance of a foreigner We may apply to him what Denham with great felicity says of Cowley . He wears the garb , 2 MILTON .
... and , where he is least happy , his failure seems to arise from the careless- ness of a native , not from the ignorance of a foreigner We may apply to him what Denham with great felicity says of Cowley . He wears the garb , 2 MILTON .
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... seems to have excited considerable amazement , par- ticularly his Arianism , and his theory on the subject of polygamy . Yet we can scarcely conceive that any person could have read the Paradise Lost without suspecting him of the former ...
... seems to have excited considerable amazement , par- ticularly his Arianism , and his theory on the subject of polygamy . Yet we can scarcely conceive that any person could have read the Paradise Lost without suspecting him of the former ...
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... seems to modern readers almost miraculous . Such feelings are very rare in a civilised community , and most rare among those who participate most in its improve- ments . They linger longest among the peasantry . Poetry produces an ...
... seems to modern readers almost miraculous . Such feelings are very rare in a civilised community , and most rare among those who participate most in its improve- ments . They linger longest among the peasantry . Poetry produces an ...
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... seem , at first sight , to be no more in his words than in other words . But they are words of enchantment . No sooner are they pronounced , than the past is present and the distant near . New forms of beauty start at once into ...
... seem , at first sight , to be no more in his words than in other words . But they are words of enchantment . No sooner are they pronounced , than the past is present and the distant near . New forms of beauty start at once into ...
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