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LORD BYRON . LORD BYRON and Sir Walter Scott are among writers now living
* the two , who would carry away a majority of suffrages as the greatest geniuses
of the age . The former would , perhaps , obtain the preference with the fine ...
LORD BYRON . LORD BYRON and Sir Walter Scott are among writers now living
* the two , who would carry away a majority of suffrages as the greatest geniuses
of the age . The former would , perhaps , obtain the preference with the fine ...
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If Sir Walter Scott may be thought by some to have been “ Born universal heir to
all humanity , " it is plain Lord Byron can set up no such pretension . He is , in a
striking degree , the creature of his own will . He holds no communion with his
kind ...
If Sir Walter Scott may be thought by some to have been “ Born universal heir to
all humanity , " it is plain Lord Byron can set up no such pretension . He is , in a
striking degree , the creature of his own will . He holds no communion with his
kind ...
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Lord Byron ' s verse glows like a flame , consuming every thing in its way ; Sir
Walter Scott ' s glides like a river , clear , gentle , harmless . The poetry of the first
scorches , that of the last scarcely warms . The light of the one proceeds from an ...
Lord Byron ' s verse glows like a flame , consuming every thing in its way ; Sir
Walter Scott ' s glides like a river , clear , gentle , harmless . The poetry of the first
scorches , that of the last scarcely warms . The light of the one proceeds from an ...
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Lord Byron , who in his politics is a liberal , in his genius is haughty and
aristocratic : Walter Scott , who is an aristocrat in principle , is popular in his
writings , and is ( as it were ) equally servile to nature and to opinion . The genius
of Sir Walter ...
Lord Byron , who in his politics is a liberal , in his genius is haughty and
aristocratic : Walter Scott , who is an aristocrat in principle , is popular in his
writings , and is ( as it were ) equally servile to nature and to opinion . The genius
of Sir Walter ...
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In short , we had rather be Sir Walter Scott ( meaning thereby the Author of
Waverley ) than Lord Byron , a hundred times over . And for the reason just given
, namely , that he casts his descriptions in the mould of nature , ever - varying ,
never ...
In short , we had rather be Sir Walter Scott ( meaning thereby the Author of
Waverley ) than Lord Byron , a hundred times over . And for the reason just given
, namely , that he casts his descriptions in the mould of nature , ever - varying ,
never ...
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| Назва | The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary Portraits The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary Portraits, William Hazlitt |
| Автор | William Hazlitt |
| Видання | 2 |
| Видавець | H. Colburn, 1825 |
| Оригінал із | Оксфордський університет |
| Оцифровано | 12 лип. 2007 |
| Обсяг | 408 стор. |
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