Calcutta Review, Volume 29University of Calcutta., 1857 |
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prized , to be allowed to perish ; and we believe that not a single one has ever thus perished . If minor ones are forgotten , they can well be spared . Such thoughts as we have now thrown out are of use to us in reflecting on the ...
prized , to be allowed to perish ; and we believe that not a single one has ever thus perished . If minor ones are forgotten , they can well be spared . Such thoughts as we have now thrown out are of use to us in reflecting on the ...
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... believe , from her childhood in India . She has had no opportunity of observing nature , save as it is presented to us in Bengal ; she is besides a young writer , and we may therefore expect from her apparent love of " the gentle art ...
... believe , from her childhood in India . She has had no opportunity of observing nature , save as it is presented to us in Bengal ; she is besides a young writer , and we may therefore expect from her apparent love of " the gentle art ...
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... believe , incapa- ble of writing a tolerable epic , or a respectable play . No higher quality than great skill is exhibited in the outlines of any of Dryden's poems or plays . Tennyson , unquestionably the great- est poet of our day ...
... believe , incapa- ble of writing a tolerable epic , or a respectable play . No higher quality than great skill is exhibited in the outlines of any of Dryden's poems or plays . Tennyson , unquestionably the great- est poet of our day ...
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... believe that her faults are neither numerous nor ineradicable . Let her then , first of all , be careful in the use of adjectives . A poet , we are aware , can no more do without them than without flowers , stars and rhythm ; but , like ...
... believe that her faults are neither numerous nor ineradicable . Let her then , first of all , be careful in the use of adjectives . A poet , we are aware , can no more do without them than without flowers , stars and rhythm ; but , like ...
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... believe it to be in contemplation to hold a second Jail exhibition towards the close of the present year : this alone would induce us to treat the matter as a separate question , having a care to consider in what manner such a public ...
... believe it to be in contemplation to hold a second Jail exhibition towards the close of the present year : this alone would induce us to treat the matter as a separate question , having a care to consider in what manner such a public ...
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