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The progress of refinement rarely supplies these arts with better objects of imitation . It may , indeed , improve the instruments which are necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician , the sculptor , and the painter .
The progress of refinement rarely supplies these arts with better objects of imitation . It may , indeed , improve the instruments which are necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician , the sculptor , and the painter .
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Unlike those of other poets , and especially of Milton , they are introduced in a plain , business - like man- ner ; not for the sake of any beauty in the objects from which they are drawn , not for the sake of any ornament which they ...
Unlike those of other poets , and especially of Milton , they are introduced in a plain , business - like man- ner ; not for the sake of any beauty in the objects from which they are drawn , not for the sake of any ornament which they ...
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The poet uses words indeed ; but they are merely the instruments of his art , not its objects . They are the materials which he is to dispose in such a manner as to present a picture to the mental eye . And , if they are not so disposed ...
The poet uses words indeed ; but they are merely the instruments of his art , not its objects . They are the materials which he is to dispose in such a manner as to present a picture to the mental eye . And , if they are not so disposed ...
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The history of the Jews is the record of a continual struggle between pure Theism , supported by the most terrible sanctions , and the strangely fascinating desire of having some visible and tangible object of adora- tion .
The history of the Jews is the record of a continual struggle between pure Theism , supported by the most terrible sanctions , and the strangely fascinating desire of having some visible and tangible object of adora- tion .
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It was necessary therefore for him to abstain from giving such a shock to their understanding , as might break the charm which it was his object to throw over their imaginations . This is the real explanation of the in- distinctness and ...
It was necessary therefore for him to abstain from giving such a shock to their understanding , as might break the charm which it was his object to throw over their imaginations . This is the real explanation of the in- distinctness and ...
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