Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلد 1Hurd & Houghton, 1860 |
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الصفحة 75
... writers have introduced the fabulous deities merely as allegorical representa- tives of love , wine , or wisdom . This necessarily ren- ders their works tame and cold . We may sometimes admire their ingenuity ; but with what interest ...
... writers have introduced the fabulous deities merely as allegorical representa- tives of love , wine , or wisdom . This necessarily ren- ders their works tame and cold . We may sometimes admire their ingenuity ; but with what interest ...
الصفحة 177
... writer in whom he can place confidence , he goes on excellently . When he loses it , he falls to the level , or perhaps below the level , of the writers whom he so much despises : he is VOL . I. 12 as she was , into the Garonne , and ...
... writer in whom he can place confidence , he goes on excellently . When he loses it , he falls to the level , or perhaps below the level , of the writers whom he so much despises : he is VOL . I. 12 as she was , into the Garonne , and ...
الصفحة 423
... writer may pro- duce these effects without violating truth is sufficiently proved by many excellent biographical works ... writers of memoirs . They think it beneath the dignity of men who describe the revolutions of nations to dwell on ...
... writer may pro- duce these effects without violating truth is sufficiently proved by many excellent biographical works ... writers of memoirs . They think it beneath the dignity of men who describe the revolutions of nations to dwell on ...
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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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