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Page 19
A German writer of no mean note , confirmed his opinions of the importance of
these studies , from a similar consideration . “ We ought to judge in matters of
education , ” says Lichtenberg , “ rather from experience than from mere
reasoning .
A German writer of no mean note , confirmed his opinions of the importance of
these studies , from a similar consideration . “ We ought to judge in matters of
education , ” says Lichtenberg , “ rather from experience than from mere
reasoning .
Page 21
+ Epic machinery is not so readily manufactured as some writers would seem to
imagine . Spenser , with a subject which opened to him the whole field of
romance , and which an Italian poet would have immortalized , has fewer English
...
+ Epic machinery is not so readily manufactured as some writers would seem to
imagine . Spenser , with a subject which opened to him the whole field of
romance , and which an Italian poet would have immortalized , has fewer English
...
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No boy should touch the Greek tragedians withput reading Schlegelma writer
now easily accessible — who has brought out with the most profound critical
philosophy the true principles of their art , and discriminated with surprising grace
and ...
No boy should touch the Greek tragedians withput reading Schlegelma writer
now easily accessible — who has brought out with the most profound critical
philosophy the true principles of their art , and discriminated with surprising grace
and ...
Page 28
It would be easy to follow this subject sarther , but we are only suggesting a topic
, not writing a treatise . It is a knowledge of classical literature , founded on an
acquaintance with its incalculable importance , and a perception of its genial ...
It would be easy to follow this subject sarther , but we are only suggesting a topic
, not writing a treatise . It is a knowledge of classical literature , founded on an
acquaintance with its incalculable importance , and a perception of its genial ...
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Others have sacrificed every thing to strict literal interpretation , forgetting that an
ancient or foreign writer , * Even as we write , we have met with the following
confirmation of our illustration in the public prints . . " The Tempest dramatized at
...
Others have sacrificed every thing to strict literal interpretation , forgetting that an
ancient or foreign writer , * Even as we write , we have met with the following
confirmation of our illustration in the public prints . . " The Tempest dramatized at
...
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