Specimens of the British CriticsA collection of perceptive articles on the poetry of Dryden & Pope by a leading Victorian literary critic. |
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Page 36
... appears to us as a fountain , ever freshly flowing from the very hand of God . All that Shakspeare's drama images ; and thus his art appears to us , as always the highest art appears to us to be , a Divine thing . musical forms of his ...
... appears to us as a fountain , ever freshly flowing from the very hand of God . All that Shakspeare's drama images ; and thus his art appears to us , as always the highest art appears to us to be , a Divine thing . musical forms of his ...
Page 199
... appears and announces to him an end of his wo at Athens . On awakening , he casts his eyes on a mirror , and sees that he is so changed with love - pining that he no longer knows himself - goes in dis- guise to Athens , offers himself ...
... appears and announces to him an end of his wo at Athens . On awakening , he casts his eyes on a mirror , and sees that he is so changed with love - pining that he no longer knows himself - goes in dis- guise to Athens , offers himself ...
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... Appear'd Apollo's may'r and aldermen , On whom three hundred gold - capt youths await , To lug the pond'rous volume off ... appears . - THE SCHOOLMASTER . He eulo- gizes the system of education , which teaches nothing but words and verse ...
... Appear'd Apollo's may'r and aldermen , On whom three hundred gold - capt youths await , To lug the pond'rous volume off ... appears . - THE SCHOOLMASTER . He eulo- gizes the system of education , which teaches nothing but words and verse ...
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