Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلد 1Hurd & Houghton, 1860 |
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... talents will be a hindrance to him . His difficulties will be proportioned to his proficien- cy in the pursuits which are fashionable among his contemporaries ; and that proficiency will in general be proportioned to the vigour and ...
... talents will be a hindrance to him . His difficulties will be proportioned to his proficien- cy in the pursuits which are fashionable among his contemporaries ; and that proficiency will in general be proportioned to the vigour and ...
الصفحة 366
... talent for description , or a talent for narration , may , for a time , pass for dramatic genius . Dryden was an incom- parable reasoner in verse . He was conscious of his power ; he was proud of it ; and the authors of the Rehearsal ...
... talent for description , or a talent for narration , may , for a time , pass for dramatic genius . Dryden was an incom- parable reasoner in verse . He was conscious of his power ; he was proud of it ; and the authors of the Rehearsal ...
الصفحة 519
... talents , no services , no party attachments , could bear any man up under such mountains of infamy . Yet , even before Churchill had performed those great actions which in some degree redeem his character with pos- terity , the load ...
... talents , no services , no party attachments , could bear any man up under such mountains of infamy . Yet , even before Churchill had performed those great actions which in some degree redeem his character with pos- terity , the load ...
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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