Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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... language respecting the historian of British India . It ought to be known that Mr. Mill had the generosity , not only to forgive , but to forget the un- becoming acrimony with which he had been assailed , and was , when his valuable ...
... language respecting the historian of British India . It ought to be known that Mr. Mill had the generosity , not only to forgive , but to forget the un- becoming acrimony with which he had been assailed , and was , when his valuable ...
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... , to borrow the elegant language of the playbills , be withdrawn , to make room for the forthcoming novelties . We wish however to avail ourselves of the interest , transient as it may be , which this work has B 2 MILTON . 3.
... , to borrow the elegant language of the playbills , be withdrawn , to make room for the forthcoming novelties . We wish however to avail ourselves of the interest , transient as it may be , which this work has B 2 MILTON . 3.
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... language , the machine of the poet , is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state . Na- tions , like individuals , first perceive , and then ab- stract . They advance from particular images to general terms . Hence the vocabulary ...
... language , the machine of the poet , is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state . Na- tions , like individuals , first perceive , and then ab- stract . They advance from particular images to general terms . Hence the vocabulary ...
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... language of modern Europe , from which either pleasure or information was then to be derived . He was perhaps the only great poet of later times who has been distinguished by the ex- cellence of his Latin verse . The genius of Petrarch ...
... language of modern Europe , from which either pleasure or information was then to be derived . He was perhaps the only great poet of later times who has been distinguished by the ex- cellence of his Latin verse . The genius of Petrarch ...
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... language can be brought to a more exquisite degree of perfection . These poems differ from others , as atar of roses differs from ordinary rose water , the close packed essence from the thin diluted mixture . They are indeed not so much ...
... language can be brought to a more exquisite degree of perfection . These poems differ from others , as atar of roses differs from ordinary rose water , the close packed essence from the thin diluted mixture . They are indeed not so much ...
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