Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 pages |
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... least happy , his failure seems to arise from the carelessness of a native , not from the ignorance of a foreigner . What Denham with felicity says of Crowley , may be applied to him . He wears 1. the garb , but not the clothes , of the ...
... least happy , his failure seems to arise from the carelessness of a native , not from the ignorance of a foreigner . What Denham with felicity says of Crowley , may be applied to him . He wears 1. the garb , but not the clothes , of the ...
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... least successful performances . They resemble those pasteboard pictures invented by the friend of children , Mr. Newberry , in which a single movable head goes around twenty different bodies ; so that the same face looks out upon us ...
... least successful performances . They resemble those pasteboard pictures invented by the friend of children , Mr. Newberry , in which a single movable head goes around twenty different bodies ; so that the same face looks out upon us ...
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... least successful effort of the genius of Milton . The Comus is framed on the model of the Italian masque , as the Samson is framed on the model of the Greek tra- gedy . It is , certainly , the noblest performance of the kind which ...
... least successful effort of the genius of Milton . The Comus is framed on the model of the Italian masque , as the Samson is framed on the model of the Greek tra- gedy . It is , certainly , the noblest performance of the kind which ...
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... least , been more distinguished by zeal than either by candour or by skill . On the other side are the most authoritative and the most popular historical works in our language , that of Clarendon , and that of Hume . The former is not ...
... least , been more distinguished by zeal than either by candour or by skill . On the other side are the most authoritative and the most popular historical works in our language , that of Clarendon , and that of Hume . The former is not ...
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... least equal force in favour of what is called the Great Rebellion . In one respect only , we think , can the warmest admirers of Charles venture to say that he was a better sovereign than his son . He was not , in name and profession ...
... least equal force in favour of what is called the Great Rebellion . In one respect only , we think , can the warmest admirers of Charles venture to say that he was a better sovereign than his son . He was not , in name and profession ...
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