Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Том 1Weeks, Jordan & Company, 1840 |
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... 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 , supplied , by their own powers , the ...
... 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 , supplied , by their own powers , the ...
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... Considered as plays , his works are absurd : considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance , we examine the address of Clytemnestra to Agamemnon on his return , or the de- scription of the seven Argive chiefs ...
... Considered as plays , his works are absurd : considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance , we examine the address of Clytemnestra to Agamemnon on his return , or the de- scription of the seven Argive chiefs ...
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... considered judgments have been pronounced , we feel inclined to dwell on it a little longer . The most fatal error , which a poet can possibly commit in the management of his machinery , is that of attempting to philosophize too much ...
... considered judgments have been pronounced , we feel inclined to dwell on it a little longer . The most fatal error , which a poet can possibly commit in the management of his machinery , is that of attempting to philosophize too much ...
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... considered due only to the Supreme Mind . The history of the Jews is the record of a continued struggle between pure Theism , supported by the most terrible sanctions , and the strangely fascinating desire of having some visible and ...
... considered due only to the Supreme Mind . The history of the Jews is the record of a continued struggle between pure Theism , supported by the most terrible sanctions , and the strangely fascinating desire of having some visible and ...
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... considered sacred at the Boyne ? To discharge cannon against an army in which a King is known to be posted , is to approach pretty near to regicide . Charles too , it should always be remembered , was put to death by men . zens . who ...
... considered sacred at the Boyne ? To discharge cannon against an army in which a King is known to be posted , is to approach pretty near to regicide . Charles too , it should always be remembered , was put to death by men . zens . who ...
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Стр. 56 - Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom.
Стр. 137 - Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer; "why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure if I had seen a ghost I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did.
Стр. 73 - It is, to borrow his own majestic language, " a sevenfold chorus of hallelujahs and harping symphonies.
Стр. 31 - But now my task is smoothly done: I can fly, or I can run Quickly to the green earth's end, Where the bowed welkin slow doth bend, And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon. Mortals, that would follow me, Love Virtue; she alone is free. She can teach...
Стр. 227 - The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Стр. 21 - ... human actions, it is by no means certain that it would have been a good one. It is extremely improbable that it would have contained half so much able reasoning on the subject as is to be found in the Fable of the Bees.
Стр. 21 - fine frenzy " which he ascribes to the poet, — a fine frenzy doubtless, but still a frenzy. Truth, indeed, is essential to poetry ; but it is the truth of madness. The reasonings are just; but the premises are false. After the first suppositions have been made...
Стр. 255 - In favour and pre-eminence, yet fraught With envy against the Son of God, that day...
Стр. 23 - And, as the magic lantern acts best in a dark room, poetry effects its purpose most completely in a dark age. As the light of knowledge breaks in upon its exhibitions, as the outlines of certainty become more and more definite, and the shades of probability...
Стр. 26 - Milton cannot be comprehended or enjoyed unless the mind of the reader co-operate with that of the 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.