Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلد 1Hurd & Houghton, 1860 |
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الصفحة 325
... taste are , in gen- eral , merely outrunning it in the direction which it is spontaneously pursuing . Without a just apprehension of the laws to which we have alluded , the merits and defects of Dryden can be but imperfectly understood ...
... taste are , in gen- eral , merely outrunning it in the direction which it is spontaneously pursuing . Without a just apprehension of the laws to which we have alluded , the merits and defects of Dryden can be but imperfectly understood ...
الصفحة 338
... taste in its infancy . Such a revolutionary interregnum as this will be deformed by every species of extrava- gance . The first victory of good taste is over the bombast and conceits which deform such times as these . But criticism is ...
... taste in its infancy . Such a revolutionary interregnum as this will be deformed by every species of extrava- gance . The first victory of good taste is over the bombast and conceits which deform such times as these . But criticism is ...
الصفحة 353
... taste will expect to have it united with some gratification to their vanity . Flattery is carried to a shameless extent ; and the habit of flattery almost in- evitably introduces a false taste into composition . Its language is made up ...
... taste will expect to have it united with some gratification to their vanity . Flattery is carried to a shameless extent ; and the habit of flattery almost in- evitably introduces a false taste into composition . Its language is made up ...
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