Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلدات 1-2Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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الصفحة xii
... criticism - intellectual sympathy superior to rules , but submis- sive to laws ; praising warmly , but at the same time , judging keenly ; and as intolerant of faults as sensitive to merits . The style , both of the historical xii ...
... criticism - intellectual sympathy superior to rules , but submis- sive to laws ; praising warmly , but at the same time , judging keenly ; and as intolerant of faults as sensitive to merits . The style , both of the historical xii ...
الصفحة xxi
... criticism in a series of dazzling epigrams ; the exaggeration of epigram taints both the account of Bacon's life and the estimate of Bacon's philosophy ; but the charm of the style is so great that , for a long time yet to come , it ...
... criticism in a series of dazzling epigrams ; the exaggeration of epigram taints both the account of Bacon's life and the estimate of Bacon's philosophy ; but the charm of the style is so great that , for a long time yet to come , it ...
الصفحة 21
... criticism , though equally fixed with those on which the chemist and the surgeon pro- ceed , are by no means equally recognised . Men are rarely able to assign a reason for their approbation or dislike on questions of taste ; and ...
... criticism , though equally fixed with those on which the chemist and the surgeon pro- ceed , are by no means equally recognised . Men are rarely able to assign a reason for their approbation or dislike on questions of taste ; and ...
الصفحة 58
... criticism . Men judge by comparison . They are unable to estimate the gran- deur of an object when there is no ... critic to allow him this praise . Still it is by no means his highest or most peculiar title to applause . It is scarcely ...
... criticism . Men judge by comparison . They are unable to estimate the gran- deur of an object when there is no ... critic to allow him this praise . Still it is by no means his highest or most peculiar title to applause . It is scarcely ...
الصفحة 68
... critics have condemned as grotesque . I am concerned to see that Mr. Cary , to whom Dante owes more than ever poet owed to translator , has sanctioned an accusation utterly unworthy of his abili ties . " His solicitude , " says that ...
... critics have condemned as grotesque . I am concerned to see that Mr. Cary , to whom Dante owes more than ever poet owed to translator , has sanctioned an accusation utterly unworthy of his abili ties . " His solicitude , " says that ...
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