Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 páginas |
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... Perhaps no man can be a poet , or can even enjoy poetry , without a certain unsoundness of mind , if any thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean , not of course all writing in verse , nor ...
... Perhaps no man can be a poet , or can even enjoy poetry , without a certain unsoundness of mind , if any thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean , not of course all writing in verse , nor ...
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... perhaps constituted hitherto his chief title of superiority . His very talents will be a hinderance to him . His difficulties will be pro- portioned to his proficiency in the pursuits which are fashion- able among his contemporaries ...
... perhaps constituted hitherto his chief title of superiority . His very talents will be a hinderance to him . His difficulties will be pro- portioned to his proficiency in the pursuits which are fashion- able among his contemporaries ...
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... perhaps no two kinds of composition so essentially dissimilar as the drama and the ode . The business of the dramatist is to keep himself out of sight , and to let nothing appear but his characters . As soon as he attracts notice to his ...
... perhaps no two kinds of composition so essentially dissimilar as the drama and the ode . The business of the dramatist is to keep himself out of sight , and to let nothing appear but his characters . As soon as he attracts notice to his ...
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... perhaps beyond any powers . Instead of correcting what was bad , he destroyed what was excellent . He substituted crutches for stilts , bad sermons for good odes . 66 Milton , it is well known , admired Euripides highly ; much more ...
... perhaps beyond any powers . Instead of correcting what was bad , he destroyed what was excellent . He substituted crutches for stilts , bad sermons for good odes . 66 Milton , it is well known , admired Euripides highly ; much more ...
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... Perhaps none of the secondary causes which Gibbon has assigned for the rapidity with which Christianity spread over the world , while Judaism scarcely ever acquired a proselyte , operated more powerfully than this feeling . God , the ...
... Perhaps none of the secondary causes which Gibbon has assigned for the rapidity with which Christianity spread over the world , while Judaism scarcely ever acquired a proselyte , operated more powerfully than this feeling . God , the ...
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