Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 |
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... better than the critic . He knew that his poetical genius de- rived no advantage from the civilisa- tion which surrounded him , or from the learning which he had acquired ; and he looked back with something like regret to the ruder age ...
... better than the critic . He knew that his poetical genius de- rived no advantage from the civilisa- tion which surrounded him , or from the learning which he had acquired ; and he looked back with something like regret to the ruder age ...
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... better illustrate our opinion respecting our own great poet , than by contrasting him with the father of Tuscan literature . The poetry of Milton differs from that of Dante , as the hieroglyphics of Egypt differed from the picture ...
... better illustrate our opinion respecting our own great poet , than by contrasting him with the father of Tuscan literature . The poetry of Milton differs from that of Dante , as the hieroglyphics of Egypt differed from the picture ...
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... better to luxuriate amidst sunbeams which we have ascribed to Milton , and flowers , the songs of nightingales , though perhaps most strongly marked the juice of summer fruits , and the in those parts of his works which treat coolness ...
... better to luxuriate amidst sunbeams which we have ascribed to Milton , and flowers , the songs of nightingales , though perhaps most strongly marked the juice of summer fruits , and the in those parts of his works which treat coolness ...
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... better sove- reign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a Papist ; we say Charles himself and his creature Laud , while they abjured the innocent badges of Popery , retained all its worst vices , a complete subjection of ...
... better sove- reign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a Papist ; we say Charles himself and his creature Laud , while they abjured the innocent badges of Popery , retained all its worst vices , a complete subjection of ...
Pagina 21
... better than the best despot . it by force , it was not till he found that But we suspect , that at the time of the few members who remained after so which we speak , the violence of re- many deaths , secessions , and expul- ligious and ...
... better than the best despot . it by force , it was not till he found that But we suspect , that at the time of the few members who remained after so which we speak , the violence of re- many deaths , secessions , and expul- ligious and ...
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