Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 |
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Pagina 22
... noble a conception : but the crowd turned away in disgust from words which presented no image to their minds . It was before Deity em- bodied in a human form , walking among men , par taking of their infirmities , leaning on their ...
... noble a conception : but the crowd turned away in disgust from words which presented no image to their minds . It was before Deity em- bodied in a human form , walking among men , par taking of their infirmities , leaning on their ...
Pagina 27
... noble lan- guage of the Hebrew poet , " a land of darkness , as darkness itself , and where the light was as dark- ness . " The gloom of his character discolours all the passions of men , and all the face of nature , and tinges with its ...
... noble lan- guage of the Hebrew poet , " a land of darkness , as darkness itself , and where the light was as dark- ness . " The gloom of his character discolours all the passions of men , and all the face of nature , and tinges with its ...
Pagina 30
... noble poem on the Mas- sacres of Piedmont is strictly a collect in verse . verse . The Sonnets are more or less striking , according as the occasions which gave birth to them are more or less interesting . But they are , almost without ...
... noble poem on the Mas- sacres of Piedmont is strictly a collect in verse . verse . The Sonnets are more or less striking , according as the occasions which gave birth to them are more or less interesting . But they are , almost without ...
Pagina 46
... noble course which he had marked out for himself by the almost irresistible force of circumstances , though we admire , in common with all men of all parties , the ability and energy of his splendid administration , we are not pleading ...
... noble course which he had marked out for himself by the almost irresistible force of circumstances , though we admire , in common with all men of all parties , the ability and energy of his splendid administration , we are not pleading ...
Pagina 56
... noble Othello . His heart relents ; but his hand is firm . He does nought in hate , but all in honour . He kisses the beautiful deceiver before he destroys her , That from which the public character of Milton de- rives 56 MILTON .
... noble Othello . His heart relents ; but his hand is firm . He does nought in hate , but all in honour . He kisses the beautiful deceiver before he destroys her , That from which the public character of Milton de- rives 56 MILTON .
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