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He gives us the shape , the colour , the sound , the smell , the taste ; he counts the numbers ; he measures the size . His similes are the illustrations of a traveller . Unlike those of other poets , and especially of Milton , they are ...
He gives us the shape , the colour , the sound , the smell , the taste ; he counts the numbers ; he measures the size . His similes are the illustrations of a traveller . Unlike those of other poets , and especially of Milton , they are ...
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The imaginations of men are in a great measure under the con- trol of their opinions . The most exquisite art of a poetical colouring can produce no illusion when it is employed to represent that which is at once perceived to be ...
The imaginations of men are in a great measure under the con- trol of their opinions . The most exquisite art of a poetical colouring can produce no illusion when it is employed to represent that which is at once perceived to be ...
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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 advo- cates of a good measure ...
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 advo- cates of a good measure ...
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They may truly boast that they look not at men , but measures . So that evil be done , they care not who does it - the arbitrary Charles or the liberal William , Ferdinand the catholic or Frederick the protestant !
They may truly boast that they look not at men , but measures . So that evil be done , they care not who does it - the arbitrary Charles or the liberal William , Ferdinand the catholic or Frederick the protestant !
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But , it is said , why not adopt milder measures ? Why , after the king had consented to so many reforms , and re- nounced so many oppressive prerogatives , did the parlia ment continue to rise in their demands , at the risk of pro- ...
But , it is said , why not adopt milder measures ? Why , after the king had consented to so many reforms , and re- nounced so many oppressive prerogatives , did the parlia ment continue to rise in their demands , at the risk of pro- ...
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