Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلد 1Weeks, Jordan & Company, 1840 |
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... called , than the notions which a painter may have conceived respecting the lacrymal glands , or the circulation of the blood will affect the tears of his Niobe , or the blushes of his Aurora . If Shakspeare had written a book on the ...
... called , than the notions which a painter may have conceived respecting the lacrymal glands , or the circulation of the blood will affect the tears of his Niobe , or the blushes of his Aurora . If Shakspeare had written a book on the ...
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... called unsoundness . By poetry we mean , not of course all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our definition excludes many metrical compositions which , on other grounds , de- serve the highest praise . By poetry we ...
... called unsoundness . By poetry we mean , not of course all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our definition excludes many metrical compositions which , on other grounds , de- serve the highest praise . By poetry we ...
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... called poetry , than a bale of canvas and a box of colors are to be called a painting . Logicians may reason about abstractions ; but the great mass of mankind can never feel an interest in them . They · must have images . The strong ...
... called poetry , than a bale of canvas and a box of colors are to be called a painting . Logicians may reason about abstractions ; but the great mass of mankind can never feel an interest in them . They · must have images . The strong ...
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... called the Great Rebellion . In one respect only , we think , can the warmest admirers of Charles venture to say that he was a better sovereign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a Pa- pist ; we say in name and ...
... called the Great Rebellion . In one respect only , we think , can the warmest admirers of Charles venture to say that he was a better sovereign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a Pa- pist ; we say in name and ...
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... called partisans . - - We We would speak first of the Puritans , the most remarka- ble body of men perhaps , which the world has ever pro- duced . The odious and ridiculous parts of their character lie on the surface . He that runs may ...
... called partisans . - - We We would speak first of the Puritans , the most remarka- ble body of men perhaps , which the world has ever pro- duced . The odious and ridiculous parts of their character lie on the surface . He that runs may ...
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الصفحة 56 - Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom.
الصفحة 137 - Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer; "why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure if I had seen a ghost I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did.
الصفحة 73 - It is, to borrow his own majestic language, " a sevenfold chorus of hallelujahs and harping symphonies.
الصفحة 31 - But now my task is smoothly done: I can fly, or I can run Quickly to the green earth's end, Where the bowed welkin slow doth bend, And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon. Mortals, that would follow me, Love Virtue; she alone is free. She can teach...
الصفحة 227 - The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
الصفحة 21 - ... human actions, it is by no means certain that it would have been a good one. It is extremely improbable that it would have contained half so much able reasoning on the subject as is to be found in the Fable of the Bees.
الصفحة 21 - fine frenzy " which he ascribes to the poet, — a fine frenzy doubtless, but still a frenzy. Truth, indeed, is essential to poetry ; but it is the truth of madness. The reasonings are just; but the premises are false. After the first suppositions have been made...
الصفحة 255 - In favour and pre-eminence, yet fraught With envy against the Son of God, that day...
الصفحة 23 - And, as the magic lantern acts best in a dark room, poetry effects its purpose most completely in a dark age. As the light of knowledge breaks in upon its exhibitions, as the outlines of certainty become more and more definite, and the shades of probability...
الصفحة 26 - Milton cannot be comprehended or enjoyed unless the mind of the reader co-operate with that of the writer. He does not paint a finished picture or play for a mere passive listener. He sketches, and leaves others to fill up the outline. He strikes the key-note, and expects his hearer to make out the melody.