Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1890 |
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... principles of dramatic writing , we shall in- stantly condemn them as monstrous . But if we for- get the characters , and think only of the poetry , we shall admit that it has never been surpassed in energy and magnificence . Sophocles ...
... principles of dramatic writing , we shall in- stantly condemn them as monstrous . But if we for- get the characters , and think only of the poetry , we shall admit that it has never been surpassed in energy and magnificence . Sophocles ...
Pagina 23
... principle which had assisted it began to corrupt it . It became a new Paganism . Patron saints assumed the offices of household gods . St. George took the place of Mars . St. Elmo consoled the mariner for the loss of Castor and Pollux ...
... principle which had assisted it began to corrupt it . It became a new Paganism . Patron saints assumed the offices of household gods . St. George took the place of Mars . St. Elmo consoled the mariner for the loss of Castor and Pollux ...
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... principles which have since worked their way into the depths of the American forests , which have roused Greece from the slavery and degradation of two thousand years , and which , from one end of Europe to the other , have kindled an ...
... principles which have since worked their way into the depths of the American forests , which have roused Greece from the slavery and degradation of two thousand years , and which , from one end of Europe to the other , have kindled an ...
Pagina 31
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. Of those principles , then struggling for their in- fant existence , Milton was the most devoted and eloquent literary champion . We need not say how much we admire his public conduct . But we ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. Of those principles , then struggling for their in- fant existence , Milton was the most devoted and eloquent literary champion . We need not say how much we admire his public conduct . But we ...
Pagina 32
... principles from which the claim of any government to the obedience of its subjects is to be deduced . We are entitled to that vantage ground ; but we will relinquish it . We are , on this point , so confident of superiority , that we ...
... principles from which the claim of any government to the obedience of its subjects is to be deduced . We are entitled to that vantage ground ; but we will relinquish it . We are , on this point , so confident of superiority , that we ...
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