The Quarterly Review, 51 tomasWilliam Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1834 |
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... important and responsible title of Memoirs . The distinc- tion is correct enough , and his practice follows his theory . Me- moirs imply an account of the dicta et gesta of the writer him- self ; while the wider scope of Souvenirs ...
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... important for the defence of many of the figures in the lyric and dramatic poetry of the Greeks and most other nations , to observe that the logic of terms may sometimes be superseded by the paramount logic of passion . What we mean is ...
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... important of all to a right understanding of the admirable art of this great and peculiar poet . The Greeks of Pindar's age had little history , as that word was understood by Thucydides and Xenophon , and what they had was neither ...
... important of all to a right understanding of the admirable art of this great and peculiar poet . The Greeks of Pindar's age had little history , as that word was understood by Thucydides and Xenophon , and what they had was neither ...
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... importance , were to be estimated by the street performances of the present day . ' The dramatis personæ of these modern exhibitions never I believe comprehends more than four characters , and these four are generally the same , to wit ...
... importance , were to be estimated by the street performances of the present day . ' The dramatis personæ of these modern exhibitions never I believe comprehends more than four characters , and these four are generally the same , to wit ...
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