Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلد 1Weeks, Jordan & Company, 1840 |
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الصفحة 17
... of his garment , a lock of his hair , or a drop of his blood . On the same principle , we intend to take advantage of the late interesting discovery , and , while this memorial of a great and good man is still in the 2 * MILTON . 17.
... of his garment , a lock of his hair , or a drop of his blood . On the same principle , we intend to take advantage of the late interesting discovery , and , while this memorial of a great and good man is still in the 2 * MILTON . 17.
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... principles of dramatic writing , we shall instantly condemn them as mon- strous . But , if we forget the characters , and think only of the poetry , we shall admit that it has never been surpassed in energy and magnificence . Sophocles ...
... principles of dramatic writing , we shall instantly condemn them as mon- strous . But , if we forget the characters , and think only of the poetry , we shall admit that it has never been surpassed in energy and magnificence . Sophocles ...
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... principle . The first inhabitants of Greece , there is every reason to believe , worshipped one invisible Deity . But the necessity of having something more definite to adore produced , in a few centuries , the innumerable crowd of gods ...
... principle . The first inhabitants of Greece , there is every reason to believe , worshipped one invisible Deity . But the necessity of having something more definite to adore produced , in a few centuries , the innumerable crowd of gods ...
الصفحة 37
... principle . From these considerations , we infer , that no poet , who should affect that metaphysical accuracy for the want of which Milton has been blamed , would escape a disgraceful failure . Still , however , there was another ...
... principle . From these considerations , we infer , that no poet , who should affect that metaphysical accuracy for the want of which Milton has been blamed , would escape a disgraceful failure . Still , however , there was another ...
الصفحة 44
... principles , which have since worked their way into the depths of the American forests , which have roused Greece from the slavery and degradation of two thousand years , and which , from one end of Europe to the other , have kindled an ...
... principles , which have since worked their way into the depths of the American forests , which have roused Greece from the slavery and degradation of two thousand years , and which , from one end of Europe to the other , have kindled an ...
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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.