Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review ... Ed. with Introduction, Notes and Index by F. C. Montague, Volume 3Methuen & Company, 1903 |
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... on the human mind , and which illustrates the character of an important epoch in letters , politics , and morals , should disappear from the world . If we err in this matter , we err with the gravest men and bodies LEIGH HUNT 3.
... on the human mind , and which illustrates the character of an important epoch in letters , politics , and morals , should disappear from the world . If we err in this matter , we err with the gravest men and bodies LEIGH HUNT 3.
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... de Rambouillet whose house had for many years been the favourite resort of men of letters and who set the impress of her own taste on French literature in that age . VOL . III . - 2 for a short time , a good - for - LEIGH HUNT 17.
... de Rambouillet whose house had for many years been the favourite resort of men of letters and who set the impress of her own taste on French literature in that age . VOL . III . - 2 for a short time , a good - for - LEIGH HUNT 17.
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... letters until he published in 1662 the first part of his Hudibras , a mock - heroic poem burlesquing the peculiarities of the Puritans . Its real wit , humour and strong homely turn of expres sion , and still more its happy coincidence ...
... letters until he published in 1662 the first part of his Hudibras , a mock - heroic poem burlesquing the peculiarities of the Puritans . Its real wit , humour and strong homely turn of expres sion , and still more its happy coincidence ...
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... Letters full of affection , humility , and fulsome flattery were interchanged be- tween the friends . But the first ardour of affection could not last . Pope , though at no time scrupulously delicate in his writ- ings or fastidious as ...
... Letters full of affection , humility , and fulsome flattery were interchanged be- tween the friends . But the first ardour of affection could not last . Pope , though at no time scrupulously delicate in his writ- ings or fastidious as ...
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... letters to Pope , while he acknowledged that the versification of the poems had been greatly improved , he spoke of the whole art of versification with scorn , and sneered at those who preferred sound to sense . Pope revenged himself ...
... letters to Pope , while he acknowledged that the versification of the poems had been greatly improved , he spoke of the whole art of versification with scorn , and sneered at those who preferred sound to sense . Pope revenged himself ...
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Page 384 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 342 - Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war : In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page 40 - Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a bad cause when I have so often drawn it for a good one.
Page 162 - Chancellor, and, for a moment, seemed to pierce even the resolute heart of the defendant. The ladies in the galleries, unaccustomed to such displays of eloquence, excited by the solemnity of the occasion, and perhaps not unwilling to display their taste and sensibility, were in a state of uncontrollable emotion. Handkerchiefs were pulled out; smelling-bottles were handed round; hysterical sobs and screams were heard; and Mrs.
Page 161 - Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and the English Hyperides. There was Burke, ignorant, indeed, or negligent of the art of adapting his reasonings and his style to the- capacity and taste of his hearers, but in amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern.
Page 81 - His mind bears a singular analogy to his body. It is weak even to helplessness for purposes of manly resistance ; but its suppleness and its tact move the children of sterner climates to admiration not unmingled with contempt.
Page 366 - We have not the least doubt that if Addison had written a novel, on an extensive plan, it would have been superior to any that we possess. As it is, he is entitled to be considered not only as the greatest of the English essayists, but as the forerunner of the great English novelists.
Page 34 - Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
Page 74 - ... extreme of misery. A time comes when the evils of submission are obviously greater than those of resistance ; when fear itself begets a sort of courage ; when a convulsive burst of popular rage and despair warns tyrants not to presume too far on the patience of mankind. But against misgovernment such as then afflicted Bengal, it was impossible to struggle. The superior intelligence and energy of the dominant class made their power irresistible. A war of Bengalees against Englishmen was like a...
Page 302 - O'Trigger, than every one of Miss Austen's young divines to all his reverend brethren. And almost all this is done by touches so delicate, that they elude analysis, that they defy the powers of description, and that we know them to exist only by the general effect to which they have contributed.