Essays, Critical and MiscellaneousD. Appleton, 1863 - 744 páginas |
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... less is it thus with po etry . The progress of refinement rarely sup plies these arts with better objects of imitation . It may , indeed , improve the instruments which are necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician , the ...
... less is it thus with po etry . The progress of refinement rarely sup plies these arts with better objects of imitation . It may , indeed , improve the instruments which are necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician , the ...
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... less dangerous , was also to be avoided . The imaginations of men are in a great measure under the control of their opinions . The most exquisite art of a poetical colouring can produce no illusion when it is employed to represent that ...
... less dangerous , was also to be avoided . The imaginations of men are in a great measure under the control of their opinions . The most exquisite art of a poetical colouring can produce no illusion when it is employed to represent that ...
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... less striking , ac- cording as the occasions which gave birth to them are more or less interesting . But they are , almost without exception , dignified by a sobriety and greatness of mind to which we know not where to look for a ...
... less striking , ac- cording as the occasions which gave birth to them are more or less interesting . But they are , almost without exception , dignified by a sobriety and greatness of mind to which we know not where to look for a ...
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... less discernible . We doubt whether it would be possible to find , in all the many volumes of his compositions , a single expression indi- cating that dissimulation and treachery had ever struck him as discreditable . It is indeed ...
... less discernible . We doubt whether it would be possible to find , in all the many volumes of his compositions , a single expression indi- cating that dissimulation and treachery had ever struck him as discreditable . It is indeed ...
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... less , and was neglected till it became really so . These tactics maintained their ground for cen- turies in most parts of Europe . That foot sol- diers could withstand the charge of heavy ca- valry was thought utterly impossible , till ...
... less , and was neglected till it became really so . These tactics maintained their ground for cen- turies in most parts of Europe . That foot sol- diers could withstand the charge of heavy ca- valry was thought utterly impossible , till ...
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