Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 páginas |
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... never choose to preach on the life and miracles of a saint , till they have awakened the devotional feelings of their auditors , by exhibiting some relic of him —a thread of his garment , a lock of his hair , or a drop of his blood . On ...
... never choose to preach on the life and miracles of a saint , till they have awakened the devotional feelings of their auditors , by exhibiting some relic of him —a thread of his garment , a lock of his hair , or a drop of his blood . On ...
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... refer all human actions to self- interest , like Helvetius , or he may never think about the matter at all . His creed on such subjects will no more VOL . I. - 2 influence his poetry , properly so called , than the MILTON . 13.
... refer all human actions to self- interest , like Helvetius , or he may never think about the matter at all . His creed on such subjects will no more VOL . I. - 2 influence his poetry , properly so called , than the MILTON . 13.
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... Never before were such marked originality and such exquisite mimicry found to- gether . Indeed , in all the Latin poems of Milton , the arti- ficial manner indispensable to such works is admirably preserved , while , at the same time ...
... Never before were such marked originality and such exquisite mimicry found to- gether . Indeed , in all the Latin poems of Milton , the arti- ficial manner indispensable to such works is admirably preserved , while , at the same time ...
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... never with complete success . The Greek drama , on the model of which the Samson was written , sprung from the ode . The dialogue was ingrafted on the chorus , and naturally par- took of its character . The genius of the greatest of the ...
... never with complete success . The Greek drama , on the model of which the Samson was written , sprung from the ode . The dialogue was ingrafted on the chorus , and naturally par- took of its character . The genius of the greatest of the ...
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... never thought of taking the measure of Satan . He gives us merely a vague idea of vast bulk . In one passage the fiend lies stretched out , huge in length , floating many a rood , equal in size to the earth - born enemies of Jove , or ...
... never thought of taking the measure of Satan . He gives us merely a vague idea of vast bulk . In one passage the fiend lies stretched out , huge in length , floating many a rood , equal in size to the earth - born enemies of Jove , or ...
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