Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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Pagina 4
... considered in themselves , may be classed among the noblest productions of the human mind . But they will not allow the author to rank with those great men , who , born in the infancy of civilisation , supplied , by their own powers ...
... considered in themselves , may be classed among the noblest productions of the human mind . But they will not allow the author to rank with those great men , who , born in the infancy of civilisation , supplied , by their own powers ...
Pagina 15
... Considered as plays , his works are absurd ; considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance , we examine the address of Clytemnestra to Agamemnon on his re- turn , or the description of the seven Argive chiefs ...
... Considered as plays , his works are absurd ; considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance , we examine the address of Clytemnestra to Agamemnon on his re- turn , or the description of the seven Argive chiefs ...
Pagina 21
... considered judgments have been pronounced , we feel inclined to dwell on it a little longer . The most fatal error which a poet can possibly commit in the management of his machinery , is that of at- tempting to philosophise too much ...
... considered judgments have been pronounced , we feel inclined to dwell on it a little longer . The most fatal error which a poet can possibly commit in the management of his machinery , is that of at- tempting to philosophise too much ...
Pagina 22
... considered due only to the Supreme Mind . The history of the Jews is the record of a continued struggle between pure Theism , supported by the most terrible sanctions , and the strangely fascinating desire of having some visible and ...
... considered due only to the Supreme Mind . The history of the Jews is the record of a continued struggle between pure Theism , supported by the most terrible sanctions , and the strangely fascinating desire of having some visible and ...
Pagina 44
... considered only as a beacon to word - catchers , who wish to become statesmen . The celebrity of the man who refuted it , the " Æneæ magni dextra , " gives it all its fame with the present generation . In that age the state of things ...
... considered only as a beacon to word - catchers , who wish to become statesmen . The celebrity of the man who refuted it , the " Æneæ magni dextra , " gives it all its fame with the present generation . In that age the state of things ...
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