Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 |
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Pagina 7
... principles of dramatic writing , we shall instantly condemn them as monstrous . But if we forget the characters , and think only of the poetry , we shall ad- mit that it has never been surpassed in energy and magnificence . Sophocles ...
... principles of dramatic writing , we shall instantly condemn them as monstrous . But if we forget the characters , and think only of the poetry , we shall ad- mit that it has never been surpassed in energy and magnificence . Sophocles ...
Pagina 10
... principle . The first inhabitants nobody knows when , saw many very of Greece , there is reason to believe , strange sights , and we can easily aban- worshipped one invisible Deity . But don ourselves to the illusion of the ro- the ...
... principle . The first inhabitants nobody knows when , saw many very of Greece , there is reason to believe , strange sights , and we can easily aban- worshipped one invisible Deity . But don ourselves to the illusion of the ro- the ...
Pagina 11
... principle sistency of his system by keeping im- which had assisted it began to corrupt materiality out of sight , and seducing it . It became a new Paganism . Patron the reader to drop it from his thoughts . " saints assumed the offices ...
... principle sistency of his system by keeping im- which had assisted it began to corrupt materiality out of sight , and seducing it . It became a new Paganism . Patron the reader to drop it from his thoughts . " saints assumed the offices ...
Pagina 14
... principles which have since worked their way into the depths of the American forests , which have roused Greece from the slavery and degrada- tion 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 degrada- tion of two thousand years , and which , from one end of Europe to the other , have kindled an ...
Pagina 15
... principles from which the claim of any government to the obe- dience 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 obe- dience 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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Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Volledige weergave - 1900 |
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