Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 1-2Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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Page xi
... eye the past was present , and he had the delight of the poet in viewing as things what the historian had recorded in words . All men are more positive in regard to what they have seen than in re- gard to what they have heard . If what ...
... eye the past was present , and he had the delight of the poet in viewing as things what the historian had recorded in words . All men are more positive in regard to what they have seen than in re- gard to what they have heard . If what ...
Page xiv
... eye can hardly fail to perceive beneath the external glitter of the periods , the presence of two qualities which are sound and wholesome , namely , broad common sense , and earnest enthusiasm . Following the article on Milton , came ...
... eye can hardly fail to perceive beneath the external glitter of the periods , the presence of two qualities which are sound and wholesome , namely , broad common sense , and earnest enthusiasm . Following the article on Milton , came ...
Page xvii
... eyes and a mouth from ear to ear . He has a lisp and burr , moreover , and speaks thickly and huskily for several minutes before he gets into the swing of his discourse ; but after that nothing can be more dazzling than his whole ...
... eyes and a mouth from ear to ear . He has a lisp and burr , moreover , and speaks thickly and huskily for several minutes before he gets into the swing of his discourse ; but after that nothing can be more dazzling than his whole ...
Page xxvi
... eyes of light And laurels clustering round thy lofty brow , Who by the cradle's side didst watch that night , Warbling a sweet strange music , who wast thou ? " Yes , darling ; let them go ; " so ran the strain : " Yes ; let them go ...
... eyes of light And laurels clustering round thy lofty brow , Who by the cradle's side didst watch that night , Warbling a sweet strange music , who wast thou ? " Yes , darling ; let them go ; " so ran the strain : " Yes ; let them go ...
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... countenance formed a sin- gular contrast to the general appearance of his person . The high and imperial brow , the keen aquiline feat- ures , the compressed mouth , the penetrating eye . FRAGMENTS OF A ROMAN TALE . 3.
... countenance formed a sin- gular contrast to the general appearance of his person . The high and imperial brow , the keen aquiline feat- ures , the compressed mouth , the penetrating eye . FRAGMENTS OF A ROMAN TALE . 3.
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