Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلد 1Hurd & Houghton, 1860 |
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الصفحة 174
... human nature . In their representa- tions the generals and statesmen of antiquity are abso- lutely divested of all individuality . They are personi- fications ; they are passions , talents , opinions , virtues , vices , but not men ...
... human nature . In their representa- tions the generals and statesmen of antiquity are abso- lutely divested of all individuality . They are personi- fications ; they are passions , talents , opinions , virtues , vices , but not men ...
الصفحة 208
... human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to portray , not to dissect . He may believe in a moral sense , like Shaftesbury ; he may re- fer all human actions to self - interest ...
... human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to portray , not to dissect . He may believe in a moral sense , like Shaftesbury ; he may re- fer all human actions to self - interest ...
الصفحة 417
... human intellect was stunted . Occasional coincidences were turned into general rules . Prejudices were confounded with in- stincts . On man , as he was found in a particular state of society - on government , as it had existed in a par ...
... human intellect was stunted . Occasional coincidences were turned into general rules . Prejudices were confounded with in- stincts . On man , as he was found in a particular state of society - on government , as it had existed in a par ...
المحتوى
CONTENTS | xxxiv |
ON THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE Knights | 20 |
SCENES FROM ATHENIAN REVELS Knights Quar | 30 |
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admirable ALCIBIADES ancient appear Aristophanes army Athenian Athens beautiful Cæsar CALLICLES CALLIDEMUS cause century character CHARICLEA Charles Church circumstances constitution Court Cromwell dæmons danger Dante Demosthenes Divine Comedy doubt Dryden effect eminent enemies England English Euripides evil excellence favour feelings France genius glory Greece Greek Hallam Herodotus HIPPOMACHUS historians honour House human imagination influence intellect Italian Italy King language less liberty literature Long Parliament look Lord Machiavelli manner means measure ment merit Milton mind Mitford moral nation nature never Nicias noble opinion Parliament party passions peculiar person Petition of Right Petrarch Plutarch poem poet poetry political Prince principles produced Puritans reason reform reign rendered respect Revolution Rome scarcely seems Shakspeare society sophisms speech SPEUSIPPUS spirit statesmen strong style talents taste thing thought Thucydides tion truth tyrant virtues Whigs whole writers