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... and it will then , to borrow the elegant language of the playbills , be withdrawn ,
to make room for the forthcoming novelties . We wish however to avail ourselves
of the interest , transient as it may be , which this work has B 2 MILTON . 3.
... and it will then , to borrow the elegant language of the playbills , be withdrawn ,
to make room for the forthcoming novelties . We wish however to avail ourselves
of the interest , transient as it may be , which this work has B 2 MILTON . 3.
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in a moral sense , like Shaftesbury ; he may refer all human actions to self -
interest , like Helvetius ; or he may never think about the matter at all . His creed
on such subjects will no more influence his poetry , properly so called , than the ...
in a moral sense , like Shaftesbury ; he may refer all human actions to self -
interest , like Helvetius ; or he may never think about the matter at all . His creed
on such subjects will no more influence his poetry , properly so called , than the ...
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This is a fault on the right side , a fault inseparable from the plan of Dante's poem
, which , as we have already observed , rendered the utmost accuracy of
description necessary . Still it is a fault . The supernatural agents excite an
interest ; but ...
This is a fault on the right side , a fault inseparable from the plan of Dante's poem
, which , as we have already observed , rendered the utmost accuracy of
description necessary . Still it is a fault . The supernatural agents excite an
interest ; but ...
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... for we know that all such maxims , however excellent , have their exceptions ;
not because we feel any peculiar interest in bis character , for we think that his
sentence describes him with perfect justice as 66 a tyrant , a traitor MILTON . 43.
... for we know that all such maxims , however excellent , have their exceptions ;
not because we feel any peculiar interest in bis character , for we think that his
sentence describes him with perfect justice as 66 a tyrant , a traitor MILTON . 43.
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The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the
daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests . Not content with
acknowledging , in general terms , an overruling Providence , they habitually ...
The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the
daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests . Not content with
acknowledging , in general terms , an overruling Providence , they habitually ...
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| Titel | Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1 Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay |
| Auteur | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay |
| Uitgever | Longmans, Green, 1895 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Cornell University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 23 maart 2012 |
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