Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلدات 1-2Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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الصفحة xxxiii
... interest us is as evident in his account of the Bank of England as in his account of the Massacre of Glencoe . We pass from one topic to another without any sense of the connection of topics . Picture succeeds picture as in the anarchy ...
... interest us is as evident in his account of the Bank of England as in his account of the Massacre of Glencoe . We pass from one topic to another without any sense of the connection of topics . Picture succeeds picture as in the anarchy ...
الصفحة xxxiv
... interest in particulars is obtained at the expense of general effect . It is only by turning to the table of contents that we are able to generalize the events of a reign . There are scores of pages in the third and fourth volumes which ...
... interest in particulars is obtained at the expense of general effect . It is only by turning to the table of contents that we are able to generalize the events of a reign . There are scores of pages in the third and fourth volumes which ...
الصفحة 65
... interest with the mythological fables of Greece ; its ceremonies and pro- cessions were the delight of the vulgar ; the huge fabric of secular power with which it was connected attracted the admiration of the statesman . At the same ...
... interest with the mythological fables of Greece ; its ceremonies and pro- cessions were the delight of the vulgar ; the huge fabric of secular power with which it was connected attracted the admiration of the statesman . At the same ...
الصفحة 71
... interest . Many of his comparisons , again , are intended to give an exact idea of his feelings under particular cir- cumstances . The delicate shades of grief , of fear , of anger , are rarely discriminated with sufficient accuracy in ...
... interest . Many of his comparisons , again , are intended to give an exact idea of his feelings under particular cir- cumstances . The delicate shades of grief , of fear , of anger , are rarely discriminated with sufficient accuracy in ...
الصفحة 75
... interest can we read of beings of whose personal existence the writer does not suffer us to entertain , for a moment , even a conventional belief ? Even Spenser's allegory is scarce- ly tolerable , till we contrive to forget that Una ...
... interest can we read of beings of whose personal existence the writer does not suffer us to entertain , for a moment , even a conventional belief ? Even Spenser's allegory is scarce- ly tolerable , till we contrive to forget that Una ...
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