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whatever the adventures of the manuscript may have been , no doubt can exist , that it is a genuine relic of the great poet . Mr. Sumner , who was commanded by his majesty to edit and translate the treatise , has acquitted himself of ...
whatever the adventures of the manuscript may have been , no doubt can exist , that it is a genuine relic of the great poet . Mr. Sumner , who was commanded by his majesty to edit and translate the treatise , has acquitted himself of ...
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... the poet , the statesman , the philosopher , the glory of English litera- ture , the champion and the martyr of English liberty . It is by his poetry that Milton is best known ; and it is of his poetry that we wish first to speak .
... the poet , the statesman , the philosopher , the glory of English litera- ture , the champion and the martyr of English liberty . It is by his poetry that Milton is best known ; and it is of his poetry that we wish first to speak .
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same breath , to extol the poems and to decry the poet . The works , they acknowledge , considered in themselves , may be classed among the noblest productions of the human mind . But they will not allow the author to rank with those ...
same breath , to extol the poems and to decry the poet . The works , they acknowledge , considered in themselves , may be classed among the noblest productions of the human mind . But they will not allow the author to rank with those ...
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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 rudest state .
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 rudest state .
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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 ...
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 ...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Vista completa - 1843 |
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