Critical and miscellaneous essays, Volumen1Carey, 1852 |
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... attempt to polish and brighten his composition into the Ciceronian gloss and brilliancy . He does not , in short , sacrifice sense and spirit to pedantic refinements . The na- ture of his subject compelled him to use many words " That ...
... attempt to polish and brighten his composition into the Ciceronian gloss and brilliancy . He does not , in short , sacrifice sense and spirit to pedantic refinements . The na- ture of his subject compelled him to use many words " That ...
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... attempt any thing like a com- plete examination of the poetry of Milton . The public has long been agreed as to the merit of the most remarkable passages , the incomparable harmony of the numbers , and the excellence of that style which ...
... attempt any thing like a com- plete examination of the poetry of Milton . The public has long been agreed as to the merit of the most remarkable passages , the incomparable harmony of the numbers , and the excellence of that style which ...
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... attempt to rewrite some parts of the Paradise Lost , is a re- markable instance of this . In support of these observations we may remark , that scarcely any passages in the poems of Milton are more generally known , or more frequently ...
... attempt to rewrite some parts of the Paradise Lost , is a re- markable instance of this . In support of these observations we may remark , that scarcely any passages in the poems of Milton are more generally known , or more frequently ...
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... of a painting , but of a bas - relief . It suggests a resemblance ; but it does not produce an illusion . Euripides attempted to carry the reform further . But it was a task far beyond 20 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
... of a painting , but of a bas - relief . It suggests a resemblance ; but it does not produce an illusion . Euripides attempted to carry the reform further . But it was a task far beyond 20 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
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... attempt to recon- cile things in their own nature inconsistent , he has failed , as every one must have failed . We cannot identify ourselves with the characters , as in a good play . We cannot identify ourselves with the poet , as in a ...
... attempt to recon- cile things in their own nature inconsistent , he has failed , as every one must have failed . We cannot identify ourselves with the characters , as in a good play . We cannot identify ourselves with the poet , as in a ...
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