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... additional life , but it was not an- swered by an echo or an imitation . The Jerusalem Delivered issued from the depths of Tasso's genius , and the Faery Queene with equally spontaneous power from the depths 60 INFLUENCE OF FOREIGN.
... additional life , but it was not an- swered by an echo or an imitation . The Jerusalem Delivered issued from the depths of Tasso's genius , and the Faery Queene with equally spontaneous power from the depths 60 INFLUENCE OF FOREIGN.
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... imitation . It is as if he loved the beauty of the passage for its own sake , and had conse- quently no desire to substitute for it anything else , when it suited his subject so well . It is as if he wished , not to imitate Tasso , but ...
... imitation . It is as if he loved the beauty of the passage for its own sake , and had conse- quently no desire to substitute for it anything else , when it suited his subject so well . It is as if he wished , not to imitate Tasso , but ...
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... to the influ- ence of classical literature , which put out , as by its superior brightness , the light of native genius , and , by F exciting a violent effort to imitate classical models , made ON ENGLISH LITERATURE . 65.
... to the influ- ence of classical literature , which put out , as by its superior brightness , the light of native genius , and , by F exciting a violent effort to imitate classical models , made ON ENGLISH LITERATURE . 65.
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Afternoon lectures. exciting a violent effort to imitate classical models , made literature artificial and unnatural . In Italy , the same overwhelming classical influence , coupled with the un- fortunate political history of the country ...
Afternoon lectures. exciting a violent effort to imitate classical models , made literature artificial and unnatural . In Italy , the same overwhelming classical influence , coupled with the un- fortunate political history of the country ...
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... imitation of her , however perfect , it is an image that he worships . The prophets of such an idolatry have not the genuine inspi- ration . They may imitate its form , but they have not the living word which it is the office of genius ...
... imitation of her , however perfect , it is an image that he worships . The prophets of such an idolatry have not the genuine inspi- ration . They may imitate its form , but they have not the living word which it is the office of genius ...
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Page 151 - ... methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam ; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance, while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms.
Page 116 - At a fair vestal, throned by the west; And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Page 134 - It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance.
Page 147 - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Page 146 - For this is not the liberty which we can hope, that no grievance ever should arise in the Commonwealth, that let no man in this world expect ; but when complaints are freely heard, deeply considered, and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.
Page 142 - Thou, therefore, that sittest in light and glory unapproachable, parent of angels and men ! next, thee I implore, omnipotent King, Redeemer of that lost remnant whose nature thou didst assume, ineffable and everlasting Love...
Page 116 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 136 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 151 - ... as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam, purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance, while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms.
Page 138 - The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth ! There, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly recognize the Divine justice, and in some degree submit to it.