Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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... Poems Civil Disabilities of the Jews Moore's Life of Lord Byron Boswell's Life of Johnson Southey's Edition of the Pilgrim's Progress Lord Nugent's Memorials of Hampden Frederick the Great Page 1 . 62 P 113 217 ยท 270 295 311 353 408 425 ...
... Poems Civil Disabilities of the Jews Moore's Life of Lord Byron Boswell's Life of Johnson Southey's Edition of the Pilgrim's Progress Lord Nugent's Memorials of Hampden Frederick the Great Page 1 . 62 P 113 217 ยท 270 295 311 353 408 425 ...
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... poems and to decry the poet . The works they acknowledge , considered in themselves , may be classed among the noblest productions of the human mind . But they But they will not allow the author to rank with those great men who , born ...
... poems and to decry the poet . The works they acknowledge , considered in themselves , may be classed among the noblest productions of the human mind . But they But they will not allow the author to rank with those great men who , born ...
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... poem produced in a civilised age . We cannot understand why those who believe in that most orthodox article of literary faith , that the earliest poets are generally the best , should wonder at the rule as if it were the exception ...
... poem produced in a civilised age . We cannot understand why those who believe in that most orthodox article of literary faith , that the earliest poets are generally the best , should wonder at the rule as if it were the exception ...
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... poems . They give us vague phrases instead of images , and personified qualities instead of men . They may be better able to analyse human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to ...
... poems . They give us vague phrases instead of images , and personified qualities instead of men . They may be better able to analyse human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to ...
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... poems in the ancient language , though much praised by those who have never read them , are wretched compositions . Cowley , with all his admirable wit and ingenuity , had little imagination : nor indeed do we think his clas- sical ...
... poems in the ancient language , though much praised by those who have never read them , are wretched compositions . Cowley , with all his admirable wit and ingenuity , had little imagination : nor indeed do we think his clas- sical ...
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