Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلد 1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 من الصفحات |
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... expression in general means nothing ; but , applied to the writings of Milton , it is most appropriate . His poetry acts like an incantation . Its merit lies less in its obvious mean- ing than in its occult power . There would seem , at ...
... expression in general means nothing ; but , applied to the writings of Milton , it is most appropriate . His poetry acts like an incantation . Its merit lies less in its obvious mean- ing than in its occult power . There would seem , at ...
الصفحة 62
... expression indicating that dissimulation and treachery had ever struck him as discreditable . After this it may seem ridiculous to say , that we are ac- quainted with few writings which exhibit so much elevation . of sentiment , so pure ...
... expression indicating that dissimulation and treachery had ever struck him as discreditable . After this it may seem ridiculous to say , that we are ac- quainted with few writings which exhibit so much elevation . of sentiment , so pure ...
الصفحة 97
... expression gene- rally springs from confusion of ideas ; and the same wish to dazzle , at any cost , which produces affectation in the manner of a writer , is likely to produce sophistry in his reasonings . The judicious and candid mind ...
... expression gene- rally springs from confusion of ideas ; and the same wish to dazzle , at any cost , which produces affectation in the manner of a writer , is likely to produce sophistry in his reasonings . The judicious and candid mind ...
الصفحة 98
... expression , from the mysterious conciseness of an oracle to the flippancy of a Parisian coxcomb , is em- ployed to disguise the fallacy of some positions , and the triteness of others . Absurdities are brightened into epi- grams ...
... expression , from the mysterious conciseness of an oracle to the flippancy of a Parisian coxcomb , is em- ployed to disguise the fallacy of some positions , and the triteness of others . Absurdities are brightened into epi- grams ...
الصفحة 106
... expressions or ges- tures of each other . Let us suppose that a zoologist should attempt to give an account of some animal , a porcupine for instance , to people who had never seen it . The porcupine , he might say , is of the genus ...
... expressions or ges- tures of each other . Let us suppose that a zoologist should attempt to give an account of some animal , a porcupine for instance , to people who had never seen it . The porcupine , he might say , is of the genus ...
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