Literary Studies By the Late Walter Bagehot volume 1
Literary Studies By the Late Walter Bagehot volume 1
Bagehot Walter
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The University of Oxford, he tells us, declined, as of course it would, to recognise the principle of subscribing towards literary publications ; but other public bodies and many private persons were more generous. It is to be wished that their aid had contributed to the production of a more pleasing work. The fact is, Cowper was not like Agamemnon. The most conspicuous feature in the Greek heroes is a certain brisk, decisive activity, which always strikes and always 140 Literary Studies. likes... to strike. This quality is faithfully represented in the poet himself. Homer is the briskest of men. The Germans have denied that there was any such person ; but they have never questioned his extreme activity. " From what you tell me, sir, " said an American, " I should like to have read Homer. I should say he was a go-ahead party. " Now this is exactly what Cowper was not. His genius was domestic, and tranquil, and calm. He had no sympathy, or little sympathy, even with the common, half-asleep activities of a refined society ; an evening party was too much for him ; a day's hunt a preposterous excitement.
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