Critical and Historical EssaysLongmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1874 - 855 pagina's |
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... reason from the progress of the expe- better theories and worse poems . They rimental sciences to that of the imitative give us vague phrases instead of images , arts . The improvement of the former and personified qualities instead of ...
... reason from the progress of the expe- better theories and worse poems . They rimental sciences to that of the imitative give us vague phrases instead of images , arts . The improvement of the former and personified qualities instead of ...
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... reason about abstrac- tions . But the great mass of men must have images . The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations to idolatry can be explained on no other principle . The first inhabitants of Greece , there is reason ...
... reason about abstrac- tions . But the great mass of men must have images . The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations to idolatry can be explained on no other principle . The first inhabitants of Greece , there is reason ...
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... reason to au- thority , a weak preference of form to substance , a childish passion for mum- meries , an idolatrous veneration for the priestly character , and , above all , a merciless intolerance . This , however , we waive . We will ...
... reason to au- thority , a weak preference of form to substance , a childish passion for mum- meries , an idolatrous veneration for the priestly character , and , above all , a merciless intolerance . This , however , we waive . We will ...
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... reason to think that he of so eminent a critic , attacked the fundamental principles of all free governments , must , if suffered to re- main unanswered , have produced a most pernicious effect on the public mind . We wish to add a few ...
... reason to think that he of so eminent a critic , attacked the fundamental principles of all free governments , must , if suffered to re- main unanswered , have produced a most pernicious effect on the public mind . We wish to add a few ...
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... reason to be hoodwinked , when the harp of the poet was to be hung on the willows of Arno , and the right hand of the painter to forget its cunning . Yet a discerning eye might even then have seen that genius and learning would not long ...
... reason to be hoodwinked , when the harp of the poet was to be hung on the willows of Arno , and the right hand of the painter to forget its cunning . Yet a discerning eye might even then have seen that genius and learning would not long ...
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Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Volledige weergave - 1901 |
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