Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 1-2Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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... genius for narrative . The vividness of his per- ceptions confirmed the autocracy of his disposition , and his convictions had to him the certainty of facts . It must be admitted that he had some reason for his dogmatism . He excelled ...
... genius for narrative . The vividness of his per- ceptions confirmed the autocracy of his disposition , and his convictions had to him the certainty of facts . It must be admitted that he had some reason for his dogmatism . He excelled ...
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... genius to conquer , to conciliate , and to govern , may unite in one cause an oppressed and divided people ; —may do all that Sylla should have done , and exhibit the magnificent spectacle of a great nation directed by a great mind ...
... genius to conquer , to conciliate , and to govern , may unite in one cause an oppressed and divided people ; —may do all that Sylla should have done , and exhibit the magnificent spectacle of a great nation directed by a great mind ...
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... genius ; though all the world knows that it is only a form of speech , very often employed by a single needy block- head . The academic we would have a far greater and more ruinous influence . Numbers , while they in- creased the effect ...
... genius ; though all the world knows that it is only a form of speech , very often employed by a single needy block- head . The academic we would have a far greater and more ruinous influence . Numbers , while they in- creased the effect ...
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... genius of Voltaire . I might prove by overwhelming evidence that , to the latest period of its existence , even under the superin- tendence of the all - accomplished D'Alembert , it con- tinued to be a scene of the fiercest animosities ...
... genius of Voltaire . I might prove by overwhelming evidence that , to the latest period of its existence , even under the superin- tendence of the all - accomplished D'Alembert , it con- tinued to be a scene of the fiercest animosities ...
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... genius ; sophist , To what a three - headed monster have I given birth ! a perfect Cerberus of intellect ! And pray what may your piece be about ? Or will your tragedy , like your speech , serve equally for any subject ? SPEUSIPpus . I ...
... genius ; sophist , To what a three - headed monster have I given birth ! a perfect Cerberus of intellect ! And pray what may your piece be about ? Or will your tragedy , like your speech , serve equally for any subject ? SPEUSIPpus . I ...
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