 And I will frankly confess that the vague sublimity of Milton affects me less than these reviled details of Dante. We read Milton ; and we know that we are reading a great poet. When we read' ' Dante, the poet vanishes. We are listening to the man who...  The Saint Pauls Magazine - Pàgina 63editat per - 1871Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1824
...than these reviled details of Dante. We read Milton ; and we know that we are reading a great poet. When we read' ' Dante, the poet vanishes. We are listening...shuddering accents with which he tells his fearful tale. Considered in this light, the narratives are exactly what they should be, — definite in themselves,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 358 pàgines
...than these reviled details of Dante. We read Milton ; and we know that we are reading a great poet. When we read Dante, the poet vanishes. We are listening...shuddering accents with which he tells his fearful tale. Considered in this light, the narratives are exactly what they should be, — definite in themselves,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860
...than these reviled details of Dante. We read Milton; and we know that we are reading a great poet. When we read Dante, the poet vanishes. We are listening...* — we seem to see the dilated eye of horror, to bear the shuddering accents with which he tells his fearful tale. Considered in this light, the narratives... | |
 | LORK MACAULAY - 1860
...than these reviled details of Dante. We read Milton; and we know £hat we are reading a great poet. When we read Dante, the poet vanishes. We are listening...has returned from " the valley of the dolorous abyss ; " l — we seem to see the dilated eye of horror, to hear the shuddering accents with which he tells... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897
...than these reviled details of Dante. We read Milton; and we know that we are reading a great poet. When we read Dante, the poet vanishes. We are listening to the man who has returned from " the vdley of the dolorous abyss; " J — we seem to see the dilated eye of horror, to hear the shuddering... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861
...than these reviled details of Dante. We read Milton ; and we know that we are reading a great poet. When we read Dante, the poet vanishes. We are listening...shuddering accents with which he tells his fearful tale. Considered in this light, the narratives are exactly what they should be, — definite in themselves,... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866
...than these reviled details of Dante. We read Milton ; and we know that we are reading a great poet. When we read Dante, the poet vanishes. We' are listening...shuddering accents with which he tells his fearful tale. Considered ia this light, the narratives are exactly what they should be, — definite in themselves,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866
...than these reviled details of Dante. We read Milton ; and we know that we are reading a great poet. When we read Dante, the poet vanishes. We are listening...shuddering accents with which he tells his fearful tale. Considered in this light, the narratives are exactly what they should be, — definite in themselves,... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867
...than these reviled details of Dante. We read Milton ; and we know that we are reading a great poet. When we read Dante, the poet vanishes. We are listening...shuddering accents with which he tells his fearful tale. Considered in this light, the narratives are exactly what they should be, — definite in themselves,... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 760 pàgines
...than these reviled details of Dante. We read Milton ; and we know that we are reading a great poet. When we read Dante, the poet vanishes. We are listening...shuddering accents with which he tells his fearful tale. Considered in this light, the narratives are exactly whal they should bet — definite in themselves,... | |
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