Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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Pagina 218
... Southey will scarcely , we think , deny that his success has almost always borne an inverse proportion to the degree ... Southey's poetry to his prose , we must make one exception . The Life of Nelson is , beyond all doubt , the most ...
... Southey will scarcely , we think , deny that his success has almost always borne an inverse proportion to the degree ... Southey's poetry to his prose , we must make one exception . The Life of Nelson is , beyond all doubt , the most ...
Pagina 219
... Southey from those faults which deform the original plan of almost every one of his poems , and which even his innumerable beauties of detail scarcely re- deem . The subject did not require the exercise of those reasoning powers the ...
... Southey from those faults which deform the original plan of almost every one of his poems , and which even his innumerable beauties of detail scarcely re- deem . The subject did not require the exercise of those reasoning powers the ...
Pagina 220
... Southey has completely abandoned narration , and has undertaken to argue moral and political questions , his failure has been complete and ignominious . On such occasions his writings are rescued from utter contempt and derision solely ...
... Southey has completely abandoned narration , and has undertaken to argue moral and political questions , his failure has been complete and ignominious . On such occasions his writings are rescued from utter contempt and derision solely ...
Pagina 221
... Southey's judgments of men and actions . We are far from blaming him for fixing on a high standard of morals , and for applying that standard to every case . But rigour ought to be accompanied by dis- cernment ; and of discernment Mr.
... Southey's judgments of men and actions . We are far from blaming him for fixing on a high standard of morals , and for applying that standard to every case . But rigour ought to be accompanied by dis- cernment ; and of discernment Mr.
Pagina 222
... Southey appears to affect . " I do well to be angry , " seems to be the predominant feeling of his mind . Almost the only mark of charity which he vouchsafes to his opponents is to pray for their reformation ; and this he does in terms ...
... Southey appears to affect . " I do well to be angry , " seems to be the predominant feeling of his mind . Almost the only mark of charity which he vouchsafes to his opponents is to pray for their reformation ; and this he does in terms ...
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