Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1857 |
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... writers of the middle ages till he had become utterly insensible to the Augustan elegance , and was as ill qualified to judge between two Latin styles as an habitual drunkard to set up for a wine- taster . Versification in a dead ...
... writers of the middle ages till he had become utterly insensible to the Augustan elegance , and was as ill qualified to judge between two Latin styles as an habitual drunkard to set up for a wine- taster . Versification in a dead ...
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... writer . He does not paint a finished picture , or play for a mere passive listener . He sketches , and leaves others to fill up the outline . He strikes the key - note , and expects his hearer to make out the melody . We often hear of ...
... writer . He does not paint a finished picture , or play for a mere passive listener . He sketches , and leaves others to fill up the outline . He strikes the key - note , and expects his hearer to make out the melody . We often hear of ...
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... writers . The book of Job , indeed , in conduct and diction , bears a con- siderable resemblance to some of his dramas . .Considered as plays , his works are absurd : considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for ...
... writers . The book of Job , indeed , in conduct and diction , bears a con- siderable resemblance to some of his dramas . .Considered as plays , his works are absurd : considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for ...
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... writer , and break the illusion of the reader . The finest passages are those which are lyric in form as well as in spirit . " I should much commend , " says the excellent Sir Henry Wotton , in a letter to Milton , " the tragical part ...
... writer , and break the illusion of the reader . The finest passages are those which are lyric in form as well as in spirit . " I should much commend , " says the excellent Sir Henry Wotton , in a letter to Milton , " the tragical part ...
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... writers . Each in his own department is incomparable ; and each , we may re- mark , has , wisely or fortunately , taken a subject adapted to exhibit his peculiar talent to the greatest advantage . The Divine Comedy is a personal ...
... writers . Each in his own department is incomparable ; and each , we may re- mark , has , wisely or fortunately , taken a subject adapted to exhibit his peculiar talent to the greatest advantage . The Divine Comedy is a personal ...
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