Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 pages |
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... rendered it impossible to preserve . In the attempt to recon- cile things in their own nature inconsistent , he has failed , as every one must have failed . We cannot identify ourselves with the characters , as in a good play . We ...
... rendered it impossible to preserve . In the attempt to recon- cile things in their own nature inconsistent , he has failed , as every one must have failed . We cannot identify ourselves with the characters , as in a good play . We ...
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... exclusion of all mystery . This is a fault indeed on the right side , a fault inseparable from the plan of his poem , which , His as we have already observed , rendered the utmost 28 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
... exclusion of all mystery . This is a fault indeed on the right side , a fault inseparable from the plan of his poem , which , His as we have already observed , rendered the utmost 28 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. His as we have already observed , rendered the utmost accuracy of description necessary . Still it is a fault . His super- natural agents excite an interest ; but it is not the interest which is ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. His as we have already observed , rendered the utmost accuracy of description necessary . Still it is a fault . His super- natural agents excite an interest ; but it is not the interest which is ...
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... render sullen or fretful . Such as it was , when , on the eve of great events , he returned from his travels , in the prime of health and manly beauty , loaded with literary distinctions and glowing with patriotic hopes , such it ...
... render sullen or fretful . Such as it was , when , on the eve of great events , he returned from his travels , in the prime of health and manly beauty , loaded with literary distinctions and glowing with patriotic hopes , such it ...
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... render it as small as possible . We censure the chiefs of the army for not yield- ing to the popular opinion : but we cannot censure_Milton for wishing to change that opinion . The very feeling , which would have restrained us from ...
... render it as small as possible . We censure the chiefs of the army for not yield- ing to the popular opinion : but we cannot censure_Milton for wishing to change that opinion . The very feeling , which would have restrained us from ...
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