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THE following volumes contain the miscellaneous writings of Thomas Babington Macaulay , consisting of various essays which have appeared in the English Reviews , principally the Edinburgh , since the year 1825 , printed from a list ...
THE following volumes contain the miscellaneous writings of Thomas Babington Macaulay , consisting of various essays which have appeared in the English Reviews , principally the Edinburgh , since the year 1825 , printed from a list ...
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... the poet , the statesman , the philosopher , the glory of English litera- ture , the champion and the martyr of English liberty . It is by his poetry that Milton is best known ; and it is of his poetry that we wish first to speak .
... the poet , the statesman , the philosopher , the glory of English litera- ture , the champion and the martyr of English liberty . It is by his poetry that Milton is best known ; and it is of his poetry that we wish first to speak .
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... and no parodist to degrade , which displays in their highest perfection the idiomatic powers of the English tongue , and to which every ancient and every modern language has contributed something of grace , of energy , or of music .
... and no parodist to degrade , which displays in their highest perfection the idiomatic powers of the English tongue , and to which every ancient and every modern language has contributed something of grace , of energy , or of music .
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The place where the here- tics were confined in burning tombs resembled the vast cemetery of Arles ! Now , let us compare with the exact details of Dante the dim intimations of Milton . We will cite a few examples . The English poet has ...
The place where the here- tics were confined in burning tombs resembled the vast cemetery of Arles ! Now , let us compare with the exact details of Dante the dim intimations of Milton . We will cite a few examples . The English poet has ...
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His conception of love unites all the voluptuousness of the oriental harem , and all the gallantry of the chivalric tournament , with all the pure and quiet affection of an English fireside . His poetry reminds us of the miracles of ...
His conception of love unites all the voluptuousness of the oriental harem , and all the gallantry of the chivalric tournament , with all the pure and quiet affection of an English fireside . His poetry reminds us of the miracles of ...
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