Critical and miscellaneous essays, Volumen1Carey, 1852 |
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... poet . Mr. Sumner , who was commanded by his majesty to edit and translate the treatise , has acquitted himself of this task in a manner honourable to his talents and to his character . His version is not indeed very easy or elegant ...
... poet . Mr. Sumner , who was commanded by his majesty to edit and translate the treatise , has acquitted himself of this task in a manner honourable to his talents and to his character . His version is not indeed very easy or elegant ...
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... 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 . By 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 . By the ...
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... 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 great men who , born in the infancy of civilization ...
... 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 great men who , born in the infancy of civilization ...
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... poet , is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state . Nations , like individuals , first perceive , and then abstract . They advance from particular images to general terms . Hence , the vocabulary of an enlightened society is ...
... poet , is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state . Nations , like individuals , first perceive , and then abstract . They advance from particular images to general terms . Hence , the vocabulary of an enlightened society is ...
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... poet's pen Turns them to shapes , and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name . " These are the fruits of the " fine frenzy " which he ascribes to the poet - a fine frenzy doubtless , but still a frenzy . Truth , indeed , is ...
... poet's pen Turns them to shapes , and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name . " These are the fruits of the " fine frenzy " which he ascribes to the poet - a fine frenzy doubtless , but still a frenzy . Truth , indeed , is ...
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