Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1890 |
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Pagina 8
... judge and compare ; but they will not create . They will talk about the old poets , and comment on them , and to a certain degree enjoy them . But they will scarcely be able to conceive the effect which poetry produced on their ruder ...
... judge and compare ; but they will not create . They will talk about the old poets , and comment on them , and to a certain degree enjoy them . But they will scarcely be able to conceive the effect which poetry produced on their ruder ...
Pagina 10
... judge between two Latin styles as an habitual drunkard to set up for a wine - taster . Versification in a dead language is an exotic , a far - fetched , costly , sickly , imitation of that which elsewhere may be found in healthful and ...
... judge between two Latin styles as an habitual drunkard to set up for a wine - taster . Versification in a dead language is an exotic , a far - fetched , costly , sickly , imitation of that which elsewhere may be found in healthful and ...
Pagina 14
... judge , and the rags of a beggar . In all the characters , patriots and tyrants , haters and lovers , the frown and sneer of Harold were discernible in an instant . But this species of egotism , though fatal to the drama , is the ...
... judge , and the rags of a beggar . In all the characters , patriots and tyrants , haters and lovers , the frown and sneer of Harold were discernible in an instant . But this species of egotism , though fatal to the drama , is the ...
Pagina 31
... has pleaded the cause of tyranny with the dex- terity of an advocate while affecting the impartiality of a judge . The public conduct of Milton must be approved or condemned according as the resistance of the people to MILTON . 31.
... has pleaded the cause of tyranny with the dex- terity of an advocate while affecting the impartiality of a judge . The public conduct of Milton must be approved or condemned according as the resistance of the people to MILTON . 31.
Pagina 37
... judges , destitute of private virtues ? And what , after all , are the virtues ascribed to Charles ? A religious zeal , not more sincere than that of his son , and fully as weak and narrow- minded , and a few of the ordinary household ...
... judges , destitute of private virtues ? And what , after all , are the virtues ascribed to Charles ? A religious zeal , not more sincere than that of his son , and fully as weak and narrow- minded , and a few of the ordinary household ...
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