Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1Longmans, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858 |
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... reason from the progress of the expe- rimental sciences to that of the imitative arts . But it is not thus with music , with painting , or with sculpture . Still less is it thus with poetry . The progress of refinement rarely supplies ...
... reason from the progress of the expe- rimental sciences to that of the imitative arts . But it is not thus with music , with painting , or with sculpture . Still less is it thus with poetry . The progress of refinement rarely supplies ...
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... reason about it only by symbols . We use the word ; but we have no image of the thing ; and the business of poetry is with images , and not with words . The poet uses words indeed ; but they are merely the instruments of his art , not ...
... reason about it only by symbols . We use the word ; but we have no image of the thing ; and the business of poetry is with images , and not with words . The poet uses words indeed ; but they are merely the instruments of his art , not ...
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... reason and prejudice . That great battle was fought for no single generation , for no single land . The destinies of the hu- man race were staked on the same cast with the freedom of the English people . Then were first proclaimed those ...
... reason and prejudice . That great battle was fought for no single generation , for no single land . The destinies of the hu- man race were staked on the same cast with the freedom of the English people . Then were first proclaimed those ...
Pagina 15
... reason to au- tive and the most popular historical thority , a weak preference of form to works in our language , that of Claren- substance , a childish passion for mum- don , and that of Hume . The former meries , an idolatrous ...
... reason to au- tive and the most popular historical thority , a weak preference of form to works in our language , that of Claren- substance , a childish passion for mum- don , and that of Hume . The former meries , an idolatrous ...
Pagina 19
... reason . The are often atrocious crimes , conflicting extreme violence of opinions subsides . errors , scepticism on points the most Hostile theories correct each other . clear , dogmatism on points the most The scattered elements of ...
... reason . The are often atrocious crimes , conflicting extreme violence of opinions subsides . errors , scepticism on points the most Hostile theories correct each other . clear , dogmatism on points the most The scattered elements of ...
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Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Volledige weergave - 1900 |
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