Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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Pagina 17
... Still more willingly would we enter into a detailed examination of that admirable poem , the Paradise Regained , which , strangely enough , is scarcely ever VOL . I. mentioned except as an instance of the blindness of the MILTON . 17.
... Still more willingly would we enter into a detailed examination of that admirable poem , the Paradise Regained , which , strangely enough , is scarcely ever VOL . I. mentioned except as an instance of the blindness of the MILTON . 17.
Pagina 22
... scarcely ever acquired a proselyte , operated more powerfully than this feel- ing . God , the uncreated , the incomprehensible , the invisible , attracted few worshippers . A philosopher might admire so noble a conception : but the ...
... scarcely ever acquired a proselyte , operated more powerfully than this feel- ing . God , the uncreated , the incomprehensible , the invisible , attracted few worshippers . A philosopher might admire so noble a conception : but the ...
Pagina 30
... scarcely safe to draw any decided inferences as to the character of a writer from passages directly egotistical . But the qualities . which we have ascribed to Milton , though perhaps most strongly marked in those parts of his works ...
... scarcely safe to draw any decided inferences as to the character of a writer from passages directly egotistical . But the qualities . which we have ascribed to Milton , though perhaps most strongly marked in those parts of his works ...
Pagina 45
... scarcely so great as those of a Dutch stadtholder , or an American president . He gave the Parliament a voice in the appointment of ministers , and left to it the whole legislative authority , not even reserving to himself a veto on its ...
... scarcely so great as those of a Dutch stadtholder , or an American president . He gave the Parliament a voice in the appointment of ministers , and left to it the whole legislative authority , not even reserving to himself a veto on its ...
Pagina 54
... scarcely entered at all into the merits of the political question . It was not for a treacherous king or an intolerant church that they fought , but for the old banner which had waved in so many battles over the heads of their fathers ...
... scarcely entered at all into the merits of the political question . It was not for a treacherous king or an intolerant church that they fought , but for the old banner which had waved in so many battles over the heads of their fathers ...
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admiration army authority beauty believe Boswell Buckinghamshire Bunyan called Catholic century character Charles Christian Church Church of England Clarendon conduct constitution contempt court crime Croker Cromwell dæmons death doctrine doubt effect eminent enemies England English evil executive government favour feeling genius Hallam Hampden honour House of Commons human interest Italy Jews Johnson King liberty literary lived Long Parliament Lord Byron Machiavelli manner means ment military Milton mind moral nation nature never noble opinion oppression Paradise Lost Parliament party passages passed passions persecution person Petition of Right Pilgrim's Progress poems poet poetry political Pope Prince principles produced Puritans racter readers reason reign religion respect Revolution Robert Montgomery says scarcely seems sophisms Southey Southey's spirit Strafford strong talents temper thing tion tyranny tyrant wealth Whigs whole writer