Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems, Volúmenes1-2Dana Estes & Company, 1860 |
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... respect to his positiveness in opinion , it may be said that his leading opinions were blended with his moral passions , and an unmistakable love of truth animates even his fiercest , haughtiest and most disdainful treatment of the ...
... respect to his positiveness in opinion , it may be said that his leading opinions were blended with his moral passions , and an unmistakable love of truth animates even his fiercest , haughtiest and most disdainful treatment of the ...
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... respect , he is inferior to Hallam and Mack- intosh , who are inferior to him in extent of information , and genius for narrative . The vividness of his per- ceptions confirmed the autocracy of his disposition , and his convictions had ...
... respect , he is inferior to Hallam and Mack- intosh , who are inferior to him in extent of information , and genius for narrative . The vividness of his per- ceptions confirmed the autocracy of his disposition , and his convictions had ...
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... respect , farewell . Sometimes think of me , not with sorrow ; no ; I could bear your ingratitude , but not your distress . Yet , if it will not pain you too much , in distant days , when your lofty hopes and destinies are accomplished ...
... respect , farewell . Sometimes think of me , not with sorrow ; no ; I could bear your ingratitude , but not your distress . Yet , if it will not pain you too much , in distant days , when your lofty hopes and destinies are accomplished ...
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... respect , the only books which approach to its excellence are Gulliver's Travels and Robinson Crusoe . The solemnity of his asseverations , the con- Bistency and minuteness of his details , the earnestness with which he labors to make ...
... respect , the only books which approach to its excellence are Gulliver's Travels and Robinson Crusoe . The solemnity of his asseverations , the con- Bistency and minuteness of his details , the earnestness with which he labors to make ...
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... respect , neither an allegorist nor an imi- tator ; and , consequently , he alone has introduced the ancient fictions with effect . His Minos , his Charon , his Pluto , are absolutely terrific . Nothing can be more beautiful or original ...
... respect , neither an allegorist nor an imi- tator ; and , consequently , he alone has introduced the ancient fictions with effect . His Minos , his Charon , his Pluto , are absolutely terrific . Nothing can be more beautiful or original ...
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Página 430 - The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Página 246 - Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever.
Página 219 - But now my task is smoothly done: I can fly, or I can run Quickly to the green earth's end, Where the bowed welkin slow doth bend, And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon. Mortals, that would follow me, Love Virtue; she alone is free. She can teach...
Página 257 - They went through the world, like Sir Artegal's iron man Talus with his flail, crushing and trampling down oppressors, mingling with human beings, but having neither part nor lot in human infirmities; insensible to fatigue, to pleasure, and to pain; not to be pierced by any weapon, not to be withstood by any barrier.
Página 255 - ... themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged, on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest, who had been destined before heaven and earth were created to enjoy a felicity which should continue when heaven and earth should...
Página 393 - But these men attained literary eminence in spite of their weaknesses. Boswell attained it by reason of his weaknesses. If he had not been a great fool, he would never have been a great writer.
Página 255 - On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they looked down with contempt; for they esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand.
Página 213 - The most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations by means of which it acts on the reader. Its effect is produced, not so much by what it expresses, as by what it suggests ; not so much by the ideas which it directly conveys, as by other ideas which are connected with them.
Página 460 - Satan; so call him now; his former name Is heard no more in heaven...
Página 264 - It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff, with gorgeous embroidery.