Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewBernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pagina's |
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... poet . Mr. Sumner , who was commanded by his Majesty to edite and translate the treatise , has acquitted himself of his task in a manner honourable to his talents and to his character . His version is not indeed very easy or elegant ...
... poet . Mr. Sumner , who was commanded by his Majesty to edite and translate the treatise , has acquitted himself of his task in a manner honourable to his talents and to his character . His version is not indeed very easy or elegant ...
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... poet , the statesman , the philosopher , the glory of English literature , the champion and the martyr of English liberty . It is by his poetry that Milton is best known ; and it is of his poetry that we wish first to speak . By the ...
... poet , the statesman , the philosopher , the glory of English literature , the champion and the martyr of English liberty . It is by his poetry that Milton is best known ; and it is of his poetry that we wish first to speak . By the ...
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... poetry almost necessarily declines . Therefore , though we fervently admire those great works of imagination which ... poets are generally the best , should wonder at the rule as if it were the exception . Surely the uniformity of the ...
... poetry almost necessarily declines . Therefore , though we fervently admire those great works of imagination which ... poets are generally the best , should wonder at the rule as if it were the exception . Surely the uniformity of the ...
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... poetry . The progress of refinement rarely supplies these arts with better objects of imitation . It may indeed improve the instruments which are necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician , the sculptor , and the painter ...
... poetry . The progress of refinement rarely supplies these arts with better objects of imitation . It may indeed improve the instruments which are necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician , the sculptor , and the painter ...
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... poet , or can even enjoy poetry , without a certain unsoundness of mind , if any thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean not all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our ...
... poet , or can even enjoy poetry , without a certain unsoundness of mind , if any thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean not all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our ...
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