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... critic . It was originally undertaken , and prosecuted from time to time , in a manner , perhaps , too desultory ... critics of the Greeks * was already presented , in so becoming a dress , to the English reader , it was my ambition to ...
... critic . It was originally undertaken , and prosecuted from time to time , in a manner , perhaps , too desultory ... critics of the Greeks * was already presented , in so becoming a dress , to the English reader , it was my ambition to ...
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... des traductions en langue vulgaire . Tout ce , que le lecteur n'entend point , s'apelle un galimathias ,. " dont le traducteur tout seul est responsable . " 66 ( c J Into the seductive field of conjectural criticism I have not PREFACE .
... des traductions en langue vulgaire . Tout ce , que le lecteur n'entend point , s'apelle un galimathias ,. " dont le traducteur tout seul est responsable . " 66 ( c J Into the seductive field of conjectural criticism I have not PREFACE .
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... criticism . I have , also , separately introduced some illustrations of my author's precepts , chiefly derived from standard writers in our own language . These are intended for the benefit of the mere English reader . It is hardly to ...
... criticism . I have , also , separately introduced some illustrations of my author's precepts , chiefly derived from standard writers in our own language . These are intended for the benefit of the mere English reader . It is hardly to ...
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Longinus. THEE , BOLD LONGINUS ! ALL THE NINE INSPIRE , AND BLESS THE CRITIC WITH A POET'S FIRE , AN ARDENT JUDGE , WHO , ZEALOUS IN HIS TRUST , WITH WARMTH GIVES SENTENCE , YET IS ALWAYS JUST ; WHOSE OWN EXAMPLE STRENGTHENS ALL HIS LAWS ...
Longinus. THEE , BOLD LONGINUS ! ALL THE NINE INSPIRE , AND BLESS THE CRITIC WITH A POET'S FIRE , AN ARDENT JUDGE , WHO , ZEALOUS IN HIS TRUST , WITH WARMTH GIVES SENTENCE , YET IS ALWAYS JUST ; WHOSE OWN EXAMPLE STRENGTHENS ALL HIS LAWS ...
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... critics , among whom the author of this Treatise bears a distinguished rank , we are indebted for the ground - work of all correct taste in the writings of the moderns . The subject , indeed , within a few years , has fallen under ...
... critics , among whom the author of this Treatise bears a distinguished rank , we are indebted for the ground - work of all correct taste in the writings of the moderns . The subject , indeed , within a few years , has fallen under ...
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Page 227 - Sing, heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of Chaos : — or if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook, that flowed Fast by the oracle of God, — I thence
Page 328 - among the Alps : Far along From peak to peak, the rattling crags among, Leaps the live thunder ! Not from one lone cloud. But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud! The
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Page 331 - the right hand and on the left, by honour and dishonour, by " evil report and good report : as deceivers, and yet true ; as unknown, " and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live ; as chastened, " and not killed ; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing ; as poor, yet making " many rich ; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
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Page 315 - Psalm xviii. The Lord descended from above, and bow'd the heavens most high, And underneath his feet he cast the darkness of the sky ; On cherubs and on cherubims full royally he rode, And on the wings of mighty winds came flying all abroad!