Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلد 1Hurd & Houghton, 1860 |
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الصفحة 96
... language with the graces of modern poetry . The splendour and ingenuity , which we admire , even when we condemn it , in his Italian works , is almost totally wanting , and only illuminates with rare and occasional glimpses the dreary ...
... language with the graces of modern poetry . The splendour and ingenuity , which we admire , even when we condemn it , in his Italian works , is almost totally wanting , and only illuminates with rare and occasional glimpses the dreary ...
الصفحة 398
... language of love , they did for the language of public spirit . By habitual exaggera- tion they made it mean . By monotonous emphasis they made it feeble . They abused it till it became scarcely possible to use it with effect . Their ...
... language of love , they did for the language of public spirit . By habitual exaggera- tion they made it mean . By monotonous emphasis they made it feeble . They abused it till it became scarcely possible to use it with effect . Their ...
الصفحة 413
... language of Rome , asso- ciated with its learned men , and compiled its history . Yet he seems to have thought its literature valuable only for the purpose of illustrating its antiquities . His reading appears to have been confined to ...
... language of Rome , asso- ciated with its learned men , and compiled its history . Yet he seems to have thought its literature valuable only for the purpose of illustrating its antiquities . His reading appears to have been confined to ...
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