Biographical Essays and Essays on the PoetsOsgood, 1875 |
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Page 82
... idea to the crowing of the cock , ( a bird ennobled in the Christian mythus by the part he is made to play at the Crucifixion ; ) its starting as a guilty thing ' placed in opposition to its majestic ex- pression of offended dignity ...
... idea to the crowing of the cock , ( a bird ennobled in the Christian mythus by the part he is made to play at the Crucifixion ; ) its starting as a guilty thing ' placed in opposition to its majestic ex- pression of offended dignity ...
Page 83
... ideas of these mysterious beings by many mean asso- ciations , Shakspeare does not fear to employ them in high tragedy , ( a tragedy moreover which , though not the very greatest of his efforts as an intellectual whole , nor as a ...
... ideas of these mysterious beings by many mean asso- ciations , Shakspeare does not fear to employ them in high tragedy , ( a tragedy moreover which , though not the very greatest of his efforts as an intellectual whole , nor as a ...
Page 97
... idea ; and in using the word ingenium , there cannot be a doubt that Milton alluded to the dry scholastic disputations , which were shocking and odious to his fine poetical genius . If , therefore , the vile story is still to be kept up ...
... idea ; and in using the word ingenium , there cannot be a doubt that Milton alluded to the dry scholastic disputations , which were shocking and odious to his fine poetical genius . If , therefore , the vile story is still to be kept up ...
Page 137
... idea to let off parts of the labor . Only think of Milton letting off by contract to the lowest offer , and t be delivered by such a day , ( for which good securits to be found , ) six books of Paradise Lost . It is true the great ...
... idea to let off parts of the labor . Only think of Milton letting off by contract to the lowest offer , and t be delivered by such a day , ( for which good securits to be found , ) six books of Paradise Lost . It is true the great ...
Page 147
... idea of representing the earth as lying universally under the incubation of one mighty spirit of dulness ; a sort of millennium , as we may call it , for ignorance , error , and stupidity . This would take leave of the reader with ...
... idea of representing the earth as lying universally under the incubation of one mighty spirit of dulness ; a sort of millennium , as we may call it , for ignorance , error , and stupidity . This would take leave of the reader with ...
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