Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1877 |
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Pagina 11
... whole superincumbent mass with its own heat and radiance . It is not our intention to attempt any thing like a complete examination of the poetry of Milton . The public has long been agreed as to the merit of the most remarkable ...
... whole superincumbent mass with its own heat and radiance . It is not our intention to attempt any thing like a complete examination of the poetry of Milton . The public has long been agreed as to the merit of the most remarkable ...
Pagina 12
... 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 en- joyed , unless the mind of the reader co - operate with that of the writer . He ...
... 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 en- joyed , unless the mind of the reader co - operate with that of the writer . He ...
Pagina 24
... whole in ambiguity . He has doubtless , by so doing , laid himself open to the charge of inconsis- tency . But , though philosophically in the wrong , we cannot but believe that he was poetically in the right . This task , which almost ...
... whole in ambiguity . He has doubtless , by so doing , laid himself open to the charge of inconsis- tency . But , though philosophically in the wrong , we cannot but believe that he was poetically in the right . This task , which almost ...
Pagina 28
... whole rout of Satyrs and Goblins . If ever despond- ency and asperity could be excused in any man , they might have been excused in Milton . But the strength of his mind overcame every calamity . Neither blindness , nor gout , nor age ...
... whole rout of Satyrs and Goblins . If ever despond- ency and asperity could be excused in any man , they might have been excused in Milton . But the strength of his mind overcame every calamity . Neither blindness , nor gout , nor age ...
Pagina 41
... whole appearance ; and then ask in scorn where the promised splendour and comfort is to be found . If such miserable sophisms were to prevail there would never be a good house or a good government in the world . Ariosto tells a pretty ...
... whole appearance ; and then ask in scorn where the promised splendour and comfort is to be found . If such miserable sophisms were to prevail there would never be a good house or a good government in the world . Ariosto tells a pretty ...
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Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Volledige weergave - 1900 |
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