Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 páginas |
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... imitation of classical antiquity , no scrupulous purity , none of the ceremonial cleanness which characterizes the diction of our academical Pharisees . He does not attempt to polish and brighten his composition into the Ciceronian ...
... imitation of classical antiquity , no scrupulous purity , none of the ceremonial cleanness which characterizes the diction of our academical Pharisees . He does not attempt to polish and brighten his composition into the Ciceronian ...
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... imitation . Milton , it is said , inherited what his predecessors created ; he lived in an enlightened age ; he received a finished education ; and we must , therefore , if we would form a just estimate of his powers , make large deduc ...
... imitation . Milton , it is said , inherited what his predecessors created ; he lived in an enlightened age ; he received a finished education ; and we must , therefore , if we would form a just estimate of his powers , make large deduc ...
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... imitation . It may , indeed , improve the instruments which are necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician , the sculptor , and the painter . But language , the machine of the poet , is best fitted for his purpose in its ...
... imitation . It may , indeed , improve the instruments which are necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician , the sculptor , and the painter . But language , the machine of the poet , is best fitted for his purpose in its ...
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... wine- taster , Versification in a dead language is an exotic , a far - fetched costly , sickly imitation of that which elsewhere may be found in healthful and spontaneous perfection . The soils on 16 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
... wine- taster , Versification in a dead language is an exotic , a far - fetched costly , sickly imitation of that which elsewhere may be found in healthful and spontaneous perfection . The soils on 16 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
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... imitation all that is defective . If , in any part of any great example , there be any thing unsound , these flesh - flies de- tect it with an unerring instinct , and dart upon it with a ravenous delight . They cannot always prevent the ...
... imitation all that is defective . If , in any part of any great example , there be any thing unsound , these flesh - flies de- tect it with an unerring instinct , and dart upon it with a ravenous delight . They cannot always prevent the ...
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