Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 7D. Appleton, 1879 |
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Page 15
... taken ill while carrying his litter . He alighted , put the fellow in his place , and walked home in a fall of snow . I wonder that you could be so ill - advised as to talk to him of massacre , and pillage , and conflagra- tion . You ...
... taken ill while carrying his litter . He alighted , put the fellow in his place , and walked home in a fall of snow . I wonder that you could be so ill - advised as to talk to him of massacre , and pillage , and conflagra- tion . You ...
Page 26
... taken place . The associates may per- haps be astonished at this . But I will attempt to explain it , after the manner of ancient times , by means of an apo- logue . About four hundred years after the deluge , King Go- mer Chephoraod ...
... taken place . The associates may per- haps be astonished at this . But I will attempt to explain it , after the manner of ancient times , by means of an apo- logue . About four hundred years after the deluge , King Go- mer Chephoraod ...
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... taken with a fit of piety . If all be true that is told of you , you have as little reason to think the gods vindictive as any man breathing . If you be not belied , a certain golden goblet which I have seen at your house was once in ...
... taken with a fit of piety . If all be true that is told of you , you have as little reason to think the gods vindictive as any man breathing . If you be not belied , a certain golden goblet which I have seen at your house was once in ...
Page 64
... taken out without spoiling the whole web . I cannot dismiss this part of the subject without advising every person who can muster sufficient Italian to read the simile of the sheep , in the third canto of the Purgatorio . I think it the ...
... taken out without spoiling the whole web . I cannot dismiss this part of the subject without advising every person who can muster sufficient Italian to read the simile of the sheep , in the third canto of the Purgatorio . I think it the ...
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... taken a direction diametrically opposite . The magnificence of the physical world , and its influence upon the human mind , have been the favourite themes of our most eminent poets . The herd of blue - stocking ladies and sonneteering ...
... taken a direction diametrically opposite . The magnificence of the physical world , and its influence upon the human mind , have been the favourite themes of our most eminent poets . The herd of blue - stocking ladies and sonneteering ...
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