Critical and miscellaneous essays, Volumen1Carey, 1852 |
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... better than the critic . He knew that his poetical genius derived no advantage from the civilization which surrounded him or from the learning which he had acquired : and he looked back with something like regret to the ruder age of ...
... better than the critic . He knew that his poetical genius derived no advantage from the civilization which surrounded him or from the learning which he had acquired : and he looked back with something like regret to the ruder age of ...
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... better objects of imitation . 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 ...
... better objects of imitation . 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 ...
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... better illustrate our opinion respecting our own great poet , than by contrasting him with the father of Tuscan literature . The poetry of Milton differs from that of Dante , as the hieroglyphics of Egypt differed from the picture ...
... better illustrate our opinion respecting our own great poet , than by contrasting him with the father of Tuscan literature . The poetry of Milton differs from that of Dante , as the hieroglyphics of Egypt differed from the picture ...
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... better to luxuriate amidst sunbeams and flowers , the songs of nightingales , the juice of summer fruits , and the coolness of shady fountains . His conception of love unites all the voluptuousness of the oriental harem , and all the ...
... better to luxuriate amidst sunbeams and flowers , the songs of nightingales , the juice of summer fruits , and the coolness of shady fountains . His conception of love unites all the voluptuousness of the oriental harem , and all the ...
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... better sovereign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a papist ; we say in name and profession , because both Charles him- self and his miserable creature , Laud , while they abjured the innocent badges of popery ...
... better sovereign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a papist ; we say in name and profession , because both Charles him- self and his miserable creature , Laud , while they abjured the innocent badges of popery ...
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