Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 1-2Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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... possessed the feeling and the faculty of the poet only so far as they are necessary for the interpre- tative and representative requirements of the historian . He possessed the understanding of the philosopher only so far as it is ...
... possessed the feeling and the faculty of the poet only so far as they are necessary for the interpre- tative and representative requirements of the historian . He possessed the understanding of the philosopher only so far as it is ...
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... possessed as to be always in readiness to sustain an argument or illustrate a principle . The songs , ballads , satires , lampoons , plays , private correspondence of a period , were as familiar to him as the graver records of its ...
... possessed as to be always in readiness to sustain an argument or illustrate a principle . The songs , ballads , satires , lampoons , plays , private correspondence of a period , were as familiar to him as the graver records of its ...
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... possessed among the southern nations of antiquity . But it was tinged with the superstitious veneration with which the northern warriors had been accustomed to regard women . Devotion and war had imparted to it their most solemn and ...
... possessed among the southern nations of antiquity . But it was tinged with the superstitious veneration with which the northern warriors had been accustomed to regard women . Devotion and war had imparted to it their most solemn and ...
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... possessed , and genius of a high order . His ardent , tender , and magnificent turn of thought , his brilliant fancy , his command of expression , at once forcible and elegant , must be ac- knowledged . Nature meant him for the prince ...
... possessed , and genius of a high order . His ardent , tender , and magnificent turn of thought , his brilliant fancy , his command of expression , at once forcible and elegant , must be ac- knowledged . Nature meant him for the prince ...
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... possessed in their native soil . He has but very imperfectly imitated the style of the Latin authors , and has not compensated for the deficiency by enriching the an- cient language with the graces of modern poetry . The splendour and ...
... possessed in their native soil . He has but very imperfectly imitated the style of the Latin authors , and has not compensated for the deficiency by enriching the an- cient language with the graces of modern poetry . The splendour and ...
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