Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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Pagina 10
... writers of the middle ages till he had become utterly insensible to the Augustan elegance , and was as ill qualified to judge between two Latin styles as an habitual drunkard to set up for a wine - taster . Versification in a dead ...
... writers of the middle ages till he had become utterly insensible to the Augustan elegance , and was as ill qualified to judge between two Latin styles as an habitual drunkard to set up for a wine - taster . Versification in a dead ...
Pagina 12
... writer . He does not paint a finished picture , or play for a mere passive listener . He sketches , and leaves others to fill up the outline . He strikes the key - note , and expects his hearer to make out the melody . We often hear of ...
... writer . He does not paint a finished picture , or play for a mere passive listener . He sketches , and leaves others to fill up the outline . He strikes the key - note , and expects his hearer to make out the melody . We often hear of ...
Pagina 14
... think , is discernible in the works of Pindar and Eschylus . The latter often reminds us of the Hebrew writers . The book of Job , indeed , in con- duct and diction , bears a considerable resemblance to some 14 MILTON .
... think , is discernible in the works of Pindar and Eschylus . The latter often reminds us of the Hebrew writers . The book of Job , indeed , in con- duct and diction , bears a considerable resemblance to some 14 MILTON .
Pagina 17
... writer , and break the illusion of the reader . The finest passages are those which are lyric in form as well as in spirit . " I should much commend , " says the excellent Sir Henry Wotton in a letter to Milton , " the tragical part if ...
... writer , and break the illusion of the reader . The finest passages are those which are lyric in form as well as in spirit . " I should much commend , " says the excellent Sir Henry Wotton in a letter to Milton , " the tragical part if ...
Pagina 19
... writer as clear to the reader as it is to himself . The ruins of the precipice which led from the sixth to the seventh circle of hell were like those of the rock which fell into the Adige on the south of Trent . The cataract of ...
... writer as clear to the reader as it is to himself . The ruins of the precipice which led from the sixth to the seventh circle of hell were like those of the rock which fell into the Adige on the south of Trent . The cataract of ...
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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