 | John Milton - 1826 - 126 pages
...its obvious meaning than in its occult power. There would seem, at first sight, to be no more in his words than in other words ; but they are words of...Change the structure of the sentence ; substitute one synonyme for another, and the whole effect is destroyed. The spell loses- its power; and he who should... | |
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...its obvious meaning than in its occult power. There would seem, at first sight, to be no more in his words than in other words. But they are words of enchantment....Change the structure of the sentence : substitute one synonyme for another, and the whole effect is destroyed. The spell loses its power; and he who should... | |
 | J. Hemming Webb - Poetry - 1839 - 102 pages
...have over the minds of his readers. He says, " There would seem, at first sight, to be no more in his words than in other words, but they are words of enchantment....Change the structure of the sentence, substitute one synonime for another, and the whole effect is destroyed — the spell loses its power." If poetry be... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 466 pages
...its obvious meaning than in its occult power. There would seem, at first sight, to be no more in his words than in other words. But they are words of enchantment....Change the structure of the sentence, substitute one synonyme for another, and the whole effect is destroyed. The spell loses its power; and he who should... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 390 pages
...its obvious meaning than in its occult power. There would seem, at first sight, to be no more in his words than in other words. But they are words of enchantment;...of beauty start at once into existence, and all the burial places of tfre memory give up their dead. Change the structure of the sentence, substitute one... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...its obvious meaning than in its occult power. There would seem, at first sight, to be no more in his words than in other words. But they are words of enchantment. No sooner are they pronounced, than the past is 1 Campbell. " Specimens, &c.," Introduction, p. Ixxx. 8 Dr. Johnson. "Life of Milton." present and... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...its obvious meaning than in its occult power. There would seem, at first sight, to be no more in his invest the fort of Arcot, which seemed quite incapable of sustaining a siege. The walls were ruinous, burial places of the memory give up their dead. Change the structure of the sentence, substitute one... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...its obvious meaning than in its occult power. There would seem, at first sight, to be no more in his words than in other words. But they are words of enchantment...of beauty start at once into existence, and all the burial places of the memory give up their dead. Change the structure of the sentence, substitute one... | |
 | Freemasonry - 1846 - 406 pages
...those days of Auld long syne, I could say in the words of the original and picturesque Macaulay, " New forms of beauty start at once into existence, and all the burial places of the memory give up their dead." LAYINO THE CORNER-STONE OF THE BUNKER-HItL MONUMENT.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...its obvious meaning than in its occult power. There would seem, at first sight, to be no more in his words than in other words. But they are words of enchantment;...Change the structure of the sentence, substitute one synonyme for another, and the whole effect is destroyed. The spell loses its power : and he who should... | |
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His poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in its occult power. There would seem, at first sight, to be no more in his words than in other words. But they are words of enchantment. No sooner are they pronounced,... 
