Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1877 |
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Pagina 22
... 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 to believe , worshipped one invisible Deity . But the necessity of having ...
... 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 to believe , worshipped one invisible Deity . But the necessity of having ...
Pagina 23
... strong public feeling . The multitude is more easily inter- ested for the most unmeaning badge , or the most insig- nificant name , than for the most important principle . From these considerations , we infer that no poet , who should ...
... strong public feeling . The multitude is more easily inter- ested for the most unmeaning badge , or the most insig- nificant name , than for the most important principle . From these considerations , we infer that no poet , who should ...
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... strong family likeness . His public conduct was such as was to be expected from a man of a spirit so high and of an intellect sp powerful . He lived at one of the most memorable eras in the history of mankind , at the very crisis of the ...
... strong family likeness . His public conduct was such as was to be expected from a man of a spirit so high and of an intellect sp powerful . He lived at one of the most memorable eras in the history of mankind , at the very crisis of the ...
Pagina 54
... strong within them . They were indeed misled , but by no base or selfish motive . Compassion and romantic honour , the prejudices of childhood , and the venerable names of history , threw over them a spell potent as that of Duessa ; and ...
... strong within them . They were indeed misled , but by no base or selfish motive . Compassion and romantic honour , the prejudices of childhood , and the venerable names of history , threw over them a spell potent as that of Duessa ; and ...
Pagina 57
... strong fetters fixed and motionless . " Comus , thire 815 For To reverse the rod , to spell the charm backward , to break the ties which bound a stupefied people to the seat of enchantment , was the noble aim of Milton . To this all his ...
... strong fetters fixed and motionless . " Comus , thire 815 For To reverse the rod , to spell the charm backward , to break the ties which bound a stupefied people to the seat of enchantment , was the noble aim of Milton . To this all his ...
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