Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1890 |
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Pagina 5
... believe , understood the nature of his art better than the critic . He knew that his poetical genius derived no advantage from the civilisation which surrounded him , or from the learning which he had acquired ; and he looked back with ...
... believe , understood the nature of his art better than the critic . He knew that his poetical genius derived no advantage from the civilisation which surrounded him , or from the learning which he had acquired ; and he looked back with ...
Pagina 6
... They may be better able to analyse human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to portray , not to dissect . He may believe in a moral sense , like Shaftesbury ; he may 6 MILTON .
... They may be better able to analyse human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to portray , not to dissect . He may believe in a moral sense , like Shaftesbury ; he may 6 MILTON .
Pagina 22
... believe , worshipped one invisible Deity . But the necessity of having something more definite to adore produced , in a few centuries , the innumerable crowd of Gods . and Goddesses . In like manner the ancient Persians thought it ...
... believe , worshipped one invisible Deity . But the necessity of having something more definite to adore produced , in a few centuries , the innumerable crowd of Gods . and Goddesses . In like manner the ancient Persians thought it ...
Pagina 24
... believe that he was poetically in the right . This task , which almost any other writer would have found impracticable , was easy to him . The peculiar art which he possessed of communicat- ing his meaning circuitously through a long ...
... believe that he was poetically in the right . This task , which almost any other writer would have found impracticable , was easy to him . The peculiar art which he possessed of communicat- ing his meaning circuitously through a long ...
Pagina 34
... believe that , if James had held his own religious opinions without wishing to make proselytes , or if , wishing even to make prose- lytes , he had contented himself with exerting only his constitutional influence for that purpose , the ...
... believe that , if James had held his own religious opinions without wishing to make proselytes , or if , wishing even to make prose- lytes , he had contented himself with exerting only his constitutional influence for that purpose , the ...
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Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Volledige weergave - 1900 |
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