Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 pages |
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Page 22
... turned with disgust from the finery of Guarini , as tawdry and as paltry as the rags of a chimney - sweeper on May - day . Whatever ornaments she wears are of massive gold , not only dazzling to the sight , but capable of standing the ...
... turned with disgust from the finery of Guarini , as tawdry and as paltry as the rags of a chimney - sweeper on May - day . Whatever ornaments she wears are of massive gold , not only dazzling to the sight , but capable of standing the ...
Page 27
... turned away in disgust from words which presented no image to their minds . It was before Deity , embodied in a human form , walking among men , partaking of their infirmities , leaning on their bosoms , weeping over their graves ...
... turned away in disgust from words which presented no image to their minds . It was before Deity , embodied in a human form , walking among men , partaking of their infirmities , leaning on their bosoms , weeping over their graves ...
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... turned him out of it , who broke in upon his very slumbers by imperious mes- sages , who pursued him with fire and sword from one part of the empire to another , who hanged , drew , and quartered his adherents , and attainted his ...
... turned him out of it , who broke in upon his very slumbers by imperious mes- sages , who pursued him with fire and sword from one part of the empire to another , who hanged , drew , and quartered his adherents , and attainted his ...
Page 56
... turned away with disdain from their insolent triumph . He saw that they , like those whom they had vanquished , were hostile to the liberty of thought . He therefore joined the Independents , and called upon Crom- well to break the ...
... turned away with disdain from their insolent triumph . He saw that they , like those whom they had vanquished , were hostile to the liberty of thought . He therefore joined the Independents , and called upon Crom- well to break the ...
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... turned into arid wastes , still marked out by formal boundaries , still retaining the traces of old culti vation , but yielding neither flowers nor fruit . The deluge of barbarism came It swept away all the landmarks . It obliterated ...
... turned into arid wastes , still marked out by formal boundaries , still retaining the traces of old culti vation , but yielding neither flowers nor fruit . The deluge of barbarism came It swept away all the landmarks . It obliterated ...
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