The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary Portraits, Том 2H. Colburn, 1825 - 408 стор. |
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... Muse to transcendental theories : in his abstract reasoning , he misses his way by strewing it with flowers . All that he has done of moment , he had done twenty years ago : since then , he may be said to have lived on the sound of his ...
... Muse to transcendental theories : in his abstract reasoning , he misses his way by strewing it with flowers . All that he has done of moment , he had done twenty years ago : since then , he may be said to have lived on the sound of his ...
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... what he is , and strives to do the utmost he can . Mr. Coleridge has flirted with the Muses as with a set of mistresses : Mr. Godwin has been married twice , to Reason and to Fancy , and has to boast no short 78 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
... what he is , and strives to do the utmost he can . Mr. Coleridge has flirted with the Muses as with a set of mistresses : Mr. Godwin has been married twice , to Reason and to Fancy , and has to boast no short 78 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
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... Muse is a Modern Antique . The smooth , glossy texture of his verse contrasts happily with the quaint , uncouth , rugged materials of which it is composed ; and takes away any ap- pearance of heaviness or harshness from the body of ...
... Muse is a Modern Antique . The smooth , glossy texture of his verse contrasts happily with the quaint , uncouth , rugged materials of which it is composed ; and takes away any ap- pearance of heaviness or harshness from the body of ...
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... am- bition of novelty , both in style and matter . Sir Walter's rhymes are " silly sooth " - " And dally with the innocence of thought , Like the old age " - M his Lordship's Muse spurns the olden time , and affects LORD BYRON . 161.
... am- bition of novelty , both in style and matter . Sir Walter's rhymes are " silly sooth " - " And dally with the innocence of thought , Like the old age " - M his Lordship's Muse spurns the olden time , and affects LORD BYRON . 161.
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William Hazlitt. his Lordship's Muse spurns the olden time , and affects all the supercilious airs of a modern fine lady and an upstart . The object of the one writer is to restore us to truth and nature : the other chiefly thinks how he ...
William Hazlitt. his Lordship's Muse spurns the olden time , and affects all the supercilious airs of a modern fine lady and an upstart . The object of the one writer is to restore us to truth and nature : the other chiefly thinks how he ...
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