Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 |
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Pagina 21
... eminent names , originate , we venture to say , in profound ignorance of the art of poetry . What is spirit ? What are our own minds , the por- tion of spirit with which we are best acquainted ? We observe certain phænomena . We cannot ...
... eminent names , originate , we venture to say , in profound ignorance of the art of poetry . What is spirit ? What are our own minds , the por- tion of spirit with which we are best acquainted ? We observe certain phænomena . We cannot ...
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... eminent persons who concurred in it , and in justice more particularly to the eminent person who defended it , that nothing can be more absurd than the imputations which , for the last hundred and sixty years , it has been the fashion ...
... eminent persons who concurred in it , and in justice more particularly to the eminent person who defended it , that nothing can be more absurd than the imputations which , for the last hundred and sixty years , it has been the fashion ...
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... eminent a critic , attacked the fundamental principles of all free governments , must , if suffered to remain un- answered , have produced a most pernicious effect on the public mind . We wish to add a few words relative to another ...
... eminent a critic , attacked the fundamental principles of all free governments , must , if suffered to remain un- answered , have produced a most pernicious effect on the public mind . We wish to add a few words relative to another ...
Pagina 58
... eminent men and the irrational dread of innovation . That he might shake the foundations of these de- basing sentiments more effectually , he always selected for himself the boldest literary services . He never came up in the rear ...
... eminent men and the irrational dread of innovation . That he might shake the foundations of these de- basing sentiments more effectually , he always selected for himself the boldest literary services . He never came up in the rear ...
Pagina 64
... eminent writers have , therefore , endeavoured to detect in this unfortunate performance some con- cealed meaning , more consistent with the character and conduct of the author than that which appears at the first glance . One ...
... eminent writers have , therefore , endeavoured to detect in this unfortunate performance some con- cealed meaning , more consistent with the character and conduct of the author than that which appears at the first glance . One ...
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