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The whole was wrapped up in an envelope , superscribed To Mr. Skinner ,
Merchant . On examination , the large manuscript proved to be the long lost
Essay on the Doctrines of Christianity , which , according to Wood and Toland ,
Milton ...
The whole was wrapped up in an envelope , superscribed To Mr. Skinner ,
Merchant . On examination , the large manuscript proved to be the long lost
Essay on the Doctrines of Christianity , which , according to Wood and Toland ,
Milton ...
Pagina 9
... discernment of truth and the exquisite enjoyment of fiction . He who , in an
enlightened and literary society , aspires to be a great poet , must first become a
little child . He must take to pieces the whole web of his mind . He must unlearn
much ...
... discernment of truth and the exquisite enjoyment of fiction . He who , in an
enlightened and literary society , aspires to be a great poet , must first become a
little child . He must take to pieces the whole web of his mind . He must unlearn
much ...
Pagina 12
Homer gives him no choice , and requires from him no exertion , but takes the
whole upon himself , and sets the images in so clear a light , that it is impossible
to be blind to them . The works of Milton cannot be comprehended or enjoyed ...
Homer gives him no choice , and requires from him no exertion , but takes the
whole upon himself , and sets the images in so clear a light , that it is impossible
to be blind to them . The works of Milton cannot be comprehended or enjoyed ...
Pagina 24
He left the whole in ambiguity . He has doubtless , by so doing , laid himself open
to the charge of inconsistency . But , though pbilosophically in the wrong , we
cannot but believe that he was poetically in the right . This task , which almost any
...
He left the whole in ambiguity . He has doubtless , by so doing , laid himself open
to the charge of inconsistency . But , though pbilosophically in the wrong , we
cannot but believe that he was poetically in the right . This task , which almost any
...
Pagina 28
... bloated with gluttony , and reeling in obscene dances . Amidst these that fair
Muse was placed , like the chaste lady of the Masque , lofty , spotless , and
serene , to be chattered at , and pointed at , and grinned at , by the whole rout of
Satyrs ...
... bloated with gluttony , and reeling in obscene dances . Amidst these that fair
Muse was placed , like the chaste lady of the Masque , lofty , spotless , and
serene , to be chattered at , and pointed at , and grinned at , by the whole rout of
Satyrs ...
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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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