Miscellaneous Works of Lord Macaulay, Volume 1Harper & Bros., 1880 |
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... feelings of their auditors by exhibiting some relic of him — a thread of his garment , a lock of his hair , or a drop of his blood . On the same principle , we intend to take advantage of the late interesting discovery , and , while ...
... feelings of their auditors by exhibiting some relic of him — a thread of his garment , a lock of his hair , or a drop of his blood . On the same principle , we intend to take advantage of the late interesting discovery , and , while ...
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... their auditors seems to modern readers almost miraculous . Such feelings are very rare in a civilized community , and most rare among those who partici- pate most in its improvements . They linger longest among MILTON . 19.
... their auditors seems to modern readers almost miraculous . Such feelings are very rare in a civilized community , and most rare among those who partici- pate most in its improvements . They linger longest among MILTON . 19.
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... feelings , the illusion is broken . The effect is as unpleasant as that which is produced on the stage by the voice of a prompter or the entrance of a scene - shifter . Hence it was that the tragedies of Byron were his least suc ...
... feelings , the illusion is broken . The effect is as unpleasant as that which is produced on the stage by the voice of a prompter or the entrance of a scene - shifter . Hence it was that the tragedies of Byron were his least suc ...
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... feeling . God , the uncreated , the incomprehensible , the invisible , attracted few worshippers . A philosopher might admire so noble a conception : but the crowd turned away in disgust from words which presented no image to their ...
... feeling . God , the uncreated , the incomprehensible , the invisible , attracted few worshippers . A philosopher might admire so noble a conception : but the crowd turned away in disgust from words which presented no image to their ...
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... feelings ; but never with more than apparent and partial success . The men who demolished the images in Cathedrals ... feeling . The multitude is more easily interested for the most unmeaning badge , or the most insignificant name , than ...
... feelings ; but never with more than apparent and partial success . The men who demolished the images in Cathedrals ... feeling . The multitude is more easily interested for the most unmeaning badge , or the most insignificant name , than ...
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