Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 7D. Appleton, 1879 |
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... respect , farewell . Some- times think of me , -not with sorrow ; -no ; I could bear your ingratitude , but not your distress . Yet , if it will not pain you too much , in distant days , when your lofty hopes and destinies are ...
... respect , farewell . Some- times think of me , -not with sorrow ; -no ; I could bear your ingratitude , but not your distress . Yet , if it will not pain you too much , in distant days , when your lofty hopes and destinies are ...
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... respect , the only books which approach to its excel- lence are Gulliver's Travels and Robinson Crusoe . The solemnity of his asseverations , the consistency and mi- nuteness of his details , the earnestness with which he labours to ...
... respect , the only books which approach to its excel- lence are Gulliver's Travels and Robinson Crusoe . The solemnity of his asseverations , the consistency and mi- nuteness of his details , the earnestness with which he labours to ...
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... respect , neither an allegorist nor an imitator ; and , consequently , he alone has introduced the ancient fictions with effect . His Minos , his Charon , his Pluto , are absolutely terrific . Nothing can be more beautiful or original ...
... respect , neither an allegorist nor an imitator ; and , consequently , he alone has introduced the ancient fictions with effect . His Minos , his Charon , his Pluto , are absolutely terrific . Nothing can be more beautiful or original ...
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... respects to the two preceding parts of the poem.¡ ' The force and felicity of the diction , however , irresistibly attract the reader through the theological lectures and the sketches of ecclesiastical biography , with which this ...
... respects to the two preceding parts of the poem.¡ ' The force and felicity of the diction , however , irresistibly attract the reader through the theological lectures and the sketches of ecclesiastical biography , with which this ...
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... respect . The state of society in Rome was , in this point , far happier ; and the Latin literature partook of the superi- ority . The Roman poets have decidedly surpassed those of Greece in the delineation of the passion of love ...
... respect . The state of society in Rome was , in this point , far happier ; and the Latin literature partook of the superi- ority . The Roman poets have decidedly surpassed those of Greece in the delineation of the passion of love ...
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