Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 1-2Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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Page 21
... exist between them . In a literary body this can never be the case . Literature is , and always must be , in- separably blended with politics and theology ; it is the great engine which moves the feelings of a people on the most ...
... exist between them . In a literary body this can never be the case . Literature is , and always must be , in- separably blended with politics and theology ; it is the great engine which moves the feelings of a people on the most ...
Page 57
... exists they will make one . Thus the Iliad , the Odyssey , the Divine Comedy , appeared in dark and half barbarous times : and thus of the few original works which have been produced in more polished ages , we owe a large pro- portion ...
... exists they will make one . Thus the Iliad , the Odyssey , the Divine Comedy , appeared in dark and half barbarous times : and thus of the few original works which have been produced in more polished ages , we owe a large pro- portion ...
Page 84
... exist among the slug- gish and heartless slaves who cringed around the thrones of Honorius and Augustulus . At this period the great renovation commenced . The warriors of the north , destitute as they were of knowledge and hu- manity ...
... exist among the slug- gish and heartless slaves who cringed around the thrones of Honorius and Augustulus . At this period the great renovation commenced . The warriors of the north , destitute as they were of knowledge and hu- manity ...
Page 162
... exist : one in the possession of King George the Nineteenth , one in the Duke of Carrington's collection , and one in the library of the British Museum . Finally , should any good people be concerned to hear that Pagan fictions will so ...
... exist : one in the possession of King George the Nineteenth , one in the Duke of Carrington's collection , and one in the library of the British Museum . Finally , should any good people be concerned to hear that Pagan fictions will so ...
Page 183
... exist a powerful and civilised state , which , after existing through thirteen hundred event- ful years , shall not bequeath to mankind the memory of one great name or one generous action . Many writers , and Mr. Mitford among the ...
... exist a powerful and civilised state , which , after existing through thirteen hundred event- ful years , shall not bequeath to mankind the memory of one great name or one generous action . Many writers , and Mr. Mitford among the ...
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