The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay: Contributions to Knight's quarterly magazine. Contributions to the Edinburgh reviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 |
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... critic , while noticing those faults , should have abstained from using contemptuous language respecting the historian of British India . It ought to be known that Mr. Mill had the gene- rosity , not only to forgive , but to forget the ...
... critic , while noticing those faults , should have abstained from using contemptuous language respecting the historian of British India . It ought to be known that Mr. Mill had the gene- rosity , not only to forgive , but to forget the ...
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... critic to allow him this praise . Still it is by no means his highest or most peculiar title to applause . It is scarcely necessary to say that those qualities which escaped the notice of the poet himself were not likely to attract the ...
... critic to allow him this praise . Still it is by no means his highest or most peculiar title to applause . It is scarcely necessary to say that those qualities which escaped the notice of the poet himself were not likely to attract the ...
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... critics have condemned as grotesque . I am concerned to see that Mr. Cary , to whom Dante owes more than ever poet owed to translator , has sanctioned an accusation utterly unworthy of his abilities . " His solici- tude , " says that ...
... critics have condemned as grotesque . I am concerned to see that Mr. Cary , to whom Dante owes more than ever poet owed to translator , has sanctioned an accusation utterly unworthy of his abilities . " His solici- tude , " says that ...
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... critics . Their minds are under the tyranny of ten thousand associations imperceptible to others . The worst writer may easily happen to touch a spring which is connected in their minds with a long succession of beauti- ful images ...
... critics . Their minds are under the tyranny of ten thousand associations imperceptible to others . The worst writer may easily happen to touch a spring which is connected in their minds with a long succession of beauti- ful images ...
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... critics have attempted to glean from the poems of Homer some hints as to his situation . and feelings . According to one hypothesis , he intended to describe himself under the name of Demodocus . Others maintain that he was the ...
... critics have attempted to glean from the poems of Homer some hints as to his situation . and feelings . According to one hypothesis , he intended to describe himself under the name of Demodocus . Others maintain that he was the ...
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