The Quarterly Review, Volume 4William 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, 1810 - English literature |
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Page 357
... style and composition of his Caledonia ; a style which is not the fortuitous result of mere indifference to simple and elegant narrative , but formed by a sort of counter taste , a bad ear , and multifarious reading , out of the dregs ...
... style and composition of his Caledonia ; a style which is not the fortuitous result of mere indifference to simple and elegant narrative , but formed by a sort of counter taste , a bad ear , and multifarious reading , out of the dregs ...
Page 475
... style of Greece and Rome , we can easily imagine a correspondence to the simple ma- jesty of Homer , to the correct embellishment of Virgil , the Gothic may not unaptly be compared to the splendid and fanciful variety of Tasso and ...
... style of Greece and Rome , we can easily imagine a correspondence to the simple ma- jesty of Homer , to the correct embellishment of Virgil , the Gothic may not unaptly be compared to the splendid and fanciful variety of Tasso and ...
Page 558
... style and manner , 471 , 472 — comparison of his style with that of Dr. Robertson , 473 . Spry , ( Mr. ) on the claims of the British and Foreign Bible Society , 68 -remarks on , 69 . Stara - Krim , present state of , 138 . Stewart ...
... style and manner , 471 , 472 — comparison of his style with that of Dr. Robertson , 473 . Spry , ( Mr. ) on the claims of the British and Foreign Bible Society , 68 -remarks on , 69 . Stara - Krim , present state of , 138 . Stewart ...
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Alicia Tindal Palmer | 61 |
Reasons for declining to become a Subscriber to | 68 |
Travels in various Countries of Europe Asia | 111 |
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