Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 1-2Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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Page vi
... followed . The portrait is from a photograph by Claudet , and represents the great historian as he appeared in the latter years of his life . The biographical and critical Introduction is from the well - known pen of Mr. E. P. Whipple ...
... followed . The portrait is from a photograph by Claudet , and represents the great historian as he appeared in the latter years of his life . The biographical and critical Introduction is from the well - known pen of Mr. E. P. Whipple ...
Page xvi
... followed in December by one on Slavery in the West Indies . Both evinced the broad views of the statesman as well as the generous warmth of the reformer . He threw himself with characteristic ardor into the great struggle for ...
... followed in December by one on Slavery in the West Indies . Both evinced the broad views of the statesman as well as the generous warmth of the reformer . He threw himself with characteristic ardor into the great struggle for ...
Page xxvi
... followed Fay ; And still the little couch remained unblest ; But , when those wayward sprites had passed away , Came One , the last , the mightiest , and the best . Oh , glorious lady , with the eyes of light And laurels clustering ...
... followed Fay ; And still the little couch remained unblest ; But , when those wayward sprites had passed away , Came One , the last , the mightiest , and the best . Oh , glorious lady , with the eyes of light And laurels clustering ...
Page xxxii
... followed the law of his own mind rather than the law inherent in the facts . Instead of viewing things in their relations to each other , he viewed things in their relation to himself . His representation of them , therefore , partook ...
... followed the law of his own mind rather than the law inherent in the facts . Instead of viewing things in their relations to each other , he viewed things in their relation to himself . His representation of them , therefore , partook ...
Page 72
... followed by any thing that harmonises with it , it becomes a frigid conceit . Woe to the anskilful rider who ventures on the horses of Achilles . οἱ δ ' ἀλεγεινοὶ ἀνδράσι γε θνητοῖσι δαμήμεναι ἠδ ̓ ὀχεσθαι , ἄλλῳ γ ' ἡ ̓Αχιλῆϊ τὸν ...
... followed by any thing that harmonises with it , it becomes a frigid conceit . Woe to the anskilful rider who ventures on the horses of Achilles . οἱ δ ' ἀλεγεινοὶ ἀνδράσι γε θνητοῖσι δαμήμεναι ἠδ ̓ ὀχεσθαι , ἄλλῳ γ ' ἡ ̓Αχιλῆϊ τὸν ...
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