Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4D. Appleton, 1879 |
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Page 13
... give our opinion of the last work of Sir James Mackintosh . We have in vain tried to perform what ought to be to a critic an easy and habitual act . We have in vain tried to sepa- rate the book from the writer , and to judge of it as if ...
... give our opinion of the last work of Sir James Mackintosh . We have in vain tried to perform what ought to be to a critic an easy and habitual act . We have in vain tried to sepa- rate the book from the writer , and to judge of it as if ...
Page 25
... gives him relief . He of course pronounces this delicious food a poison , blames his own folly in tasting it , and cautions his friends against it . After a long and " " violent struggle he recovers , and finds himself much ex- hausted ...
... gives him relief . He of course pronounces this delicious food a poison , blames his own folly in tasting it , and cautions his friends against it . After a long and " " violent struggle he recovers , and finds himself much ex- hausted ...
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... gives us so high an idea of the judgment and temper of Sir James Mackintosh as the man- ner in which he shaped his course through those times . Exposed successively to two opposite infections , he took both in their very mildest form ...
... gives us so high an idea of the judgment and temper of Sir James Mackintosh as the man- ner in which he shaped his course through those times . Exposed successively to two opposite infections , he took both in their very mildest form ...
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... give a single specimen . With a little time we could find twenty such . " Bishop Lloyd did not live to reap , at least to enjoy , the fruit of his public labours and secret intrigues . He died soon after the Revolution , upon his ...
... give a single specimen . With a little time we could find twenty such . " Bishop Lloyd did not live to reap , at least to enjoy , the fruit of his public labours and secret intrigues . He died soon after the Revolution , upon his ...
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... give any idea of this equally diffused ignorance , this omninescience , if we may carry the “ hardi- hood of our vocabulary " so far as to coin a new word for what is to us quite a new thing . We take the first page on which we open as ...
... give any idea of this equally diffused ignorance , this omninescience , if we may carry the “ hardi- hood of our vocabulary " so far as to coin a new word for what is to us quite a new thing . We take the first page on which we open as ...
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