The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay: Contributions to Knight's quarterly magazine. Contributions to the Edinburgh reviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 |
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... fact is that Dante and Petrarch have been the Oro- masdes and Arimanes of Italian literature . I wish not to detract from the merits of Petrarch . No one can doubt that his poems exhibit , amidst some imbecility and more affectation ...
... fact is that Dante and Petrarch have been the Oro- masdes and Arimanes of Italian literature . I wish not to detract from the merits of Petrarch . No one can doubt that his poems exhibit , amidst some imbecility and more affectation ...
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... fact is , that supernatural beings , as long as they are considered merely with reference to their own nature , excite our feelings very feebly . It is when the great gulf which separates them from us is passed , when we suspect some ...
... fact is , that supernatural beings , as long as they are considered merely with reference to their own nature , excite our feelings very feebly . It is when the great gulf which separates them from us is passed , when we suspect some ...
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... is not tired to death with pure description of scenery ? Is it not the fact , that external * Inferno , canto i . objects never strongly excite our feelings but when they are F 2 CRITICISMS ON THE PRINCIPAL ITALIAN WRITERS . 67.
... is not tired to death with pure description of scenery ? Is it not the fact , that external * Inferno , canto i . objects never strongly excite our feelings but when they are F 2 CRITICISMS ON THE PRINCIPAL ITALIAN WRITERS . 67.
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... fact , be called a new passion ; and it is not astonishing that the first poet of eminence who wholly devoted his genius to this theme should have excited an extraordinary sensation . He may be compared to an adventurer who accidentally ...
... fact , be called a new passion ; and it is not astonishing that the first poet of eminence who wholly devoted his genius to this theme should have excited an extraordinary sensation . He may be compared to an adventurer who accidentally ...
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... fact is , that in none of them are the passion and the ingenuity mixed in just proportions . There is not enough sentiment to dilute the condiments which are employed to season it . The 84 CRITICISMS ON THE PRINCIPAL ITALIAN WRITERS .
... fact is , that in none of them are the passion and the ingenuity mixed in just proportions . There is not enough sentiment to dilute the condiments which are employed to season it . The 84 CRITICISMS ON THE PRINCIPAL ITALIAN WRITERS .
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