Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 7D. Appleton, 1879 |
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... appear to his censors to be correct or sublime . Compositions thus constructed will always be worthless . The few excellences which they may contain will have an exotic aspect and flavor . In general , prize sheep are good for nothing ...
... appear to his censors to be correct or sublime . Compositions thus constructed will always be worthless . The few excellences which they may contain will have an exotic aspect and flavor . In general , prize sheep are good for nothing ...
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... a vintner's shop , a large company , apparently half - drunk , sallied forth into the street ; and one of them thus ad- dressed the king : " Gomer Chephoraod , live for ever ! It appears 26 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
... a vintner's shop , a large company , apparently half - drunk , sallied forth into the street ; and one of them thus ad- dressed the king : " Gomer Chephoraod , live for ever ! It appears 26 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. " Gomer Chephoraod , live for ever ! It appears to thy servants that of all the productions of the earth good wine is the best , and bad wine is the worst . Good wine makes the heart cheerful ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. " Gomer Chephoraod , live for ever ! It appears to thy servants that of all the productions of the earth good wine is the best , and bad wine is the worst . Good wine makes the heart cheerful ...
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... plays of Euripides , who appears to have been brought upon the stage in the garb of a beggar . See Aristophanes ; Acharn . 430 ; and in other places . - the song to disadvantage . But if it were 42 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
... plays of Euripides , who appears to have been brought upon the stage in the garb of a beggar . See Aristophanes ; Acharn . 430 ; and in other places . - the song to disadvantage . But if it were 42 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
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... appear a singular panegyric on the Italian tongue . Indeed the great majority of the young gentlemen and young ladies , who , when they are asked whether they read Italian , answer " yes , " never go beyond the stories at the end of ...
... appear a singular panegyric on the Italian tongue . Indeed the great majority of the young gentlemen and young ladies , who , when they are asked whether they read Italian , answer " yes , " never go beyond the stories at the end of ...
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