Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 |
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... considered in themselves , may be classed among the noblest pro- ductions of the human mind . But they will not allow the author to rank with those great men who , born in the in- fancy of civilisation , supplied , by their own powers ...
... considered in themselves , may be classed among the noblest pro- ductions of the human mind . But they will not allow the author to rank with those great men who , born in the in- fancy of civilisation , supplied , by their own powers ...
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... considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance , we examine the address of Clytemnestra to Aga- memnon on his return , or the descrip- tion of the seven Argive chiefs , by the principles of dramatic writing , we ...
... considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance , we examine the address of Clytemnestra to Aga- memnon on his return , or the descrip- tion of the seven Argive chiefs , by the principles of dramatic writing , we ...
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... considered due only to the Su- into their works the agency of super - preme Mind . The history of the Jews natural beings , Milton has succeeded is the record of a continued struggle best . Here Dante decidedly yields to between pure ...
... considered due only to the Su- into their works the agency of super - preme Mind . The history of the Jews natural beings , Milton has succeeded is the record of a continued struggle best . Here Dante decidedly yields to between pure ...
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... considered sacred at the Boyne ? To discharge cannon against an army in which a King is known to be posted is to approach pretty near to regicide . Charles , too , it should al- ways be remembered , was put to death by men who had been ...
... considered sacred at the Boyne ? To discharge cannon against an army in which a King is known to be posted is to approach pretty near to regicide . Charles , too , it should al- ways be remembered , was put to death by men who had been ...
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... considered whole legislative authority , not even only as a beacon to word - catchers , who reserving to himself a veto on its enact- wish to become statesmen . The cele- ments ; and he did not require that the brity of the man who ...
... considered whole legislative authority , not even only as a beacon to word - catchers , who reserving to himself a veto on its enact- wish to become statesmen . The cele- ments ; and he did not require that the brity of the man who ...
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Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Volledige weergave - 1900 |
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