Selections from the Edinburgh Review: Comprising the Best Articles in that Journal, from Its Commencement to the Present Time. With a Preliminary Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes, Volumes 1-2Maurice Cross Baudry's European Library, 1835 - English literature |
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... . Robert Montgomery , The modern Practice of Puffing . Life and Poetry of Lord Byron . Southey's uneducated Poets . APPENDIX . 305 318 324 339 341 363 376 397 406 PREFACE . THE plan and contents of the following work.
... . Robert Montgomery , The modern Practice of Puffing . Life and Poetry of Lord Byron . Southey's uneducated Poets . APPENDIX . 305 318 324 339 341 363 376 397 406 PREFACE . THE plan and contents of the following work.
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... modern literature ; but it enabled the editor to regulate his choice of works and subjects by the interest they excited . That many advantages were produced by this arrangement cannot be doub- ted . The old Reviews were generally ...
... modern literature ; but it enabled the editor to regulate his choice of works and subjects by the interest they excited . That many advantages were produced by this arrangement cannot be doub- ted . The old Reviews were generally ...
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... modern Reviews is saturated with this sort of electrical matter , which is regularly played off so as to produce a good deal of astonishment , and a strong sensation in the public mind . The intrinsic merits of an author are a question ...
... modern Reviews is saturated with this sort of electrical matter , which is regularly played off so as to produce a good deal of astonishment , and a strong sensation in the public mind . The intrinsic merits of an author are a question ...
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... modern poet is complimented for his boldness in striking out a new course , and disregarding the insipidity and feebleness of his prede- cessors , whose merit consisted in a rigid observance of certain assumed principles . At one time ...
... modern poet is complimented for his boldness in striking out a new course , and disregarding the insipidity and feebleness of his prede- cessors , whose merit consisted in a rigid observance of certain assumed principles . At one time ...
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... train of reasoning the most forcible and convinc- ing . As a model of composition , it may enter into competition with the best * Sir Walter Scott . productions of ancient or modern times . The fascination of PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION . 37 .
... train of reasoning the most forcible and convinc- ing . As a model of composition , it may enter into competition with the best * Sir Walter Scott . productions of ancient or modern times . The fascination of PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION . 37 .
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