Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1890 |
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... body . And , as the magic lantern acts best in a dark room , poetry effects its purpose most completely in a dark age . As the light of knowledge breaks in upon its exhibitions , as the outlines of certainty become more and more ...
... body . And , as the magic lantern acts best in a dark room , poetry effects its purpose most completely in a dark age . As the light of knowledge breaks in upon its exhibitions , as the outlines of certainty become more and more ...
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... body , the Roundheads had done their utmost to decry and ruin literature ; and literature was even with them , as , in the long run , it always is with its enemies . The best book on their side of the question is the charming narrative ...
... body , the Roundheads had done their utmost to decry and ruin literature ; and literature was even with them , as , in the long run , it always is with its enemies . The best book on their side of the question is the charming narrative ...
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... body which he leaves . Are the miseries of continued possession less horrible than the struggles of the tremendous exorcism ? If it were possible that a people brought up under an intolerant and arbitrary system could subvert that ...
... body which he leaves . Are the miseries of continued possession less horrible than the struggles of the tremendous exorcism ? If it were possible that a people brought up under an intolerant and arbitrary system could subvert that ...
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... body of the people , also , contemplated that proceeding with feelings which , however unreasonable , no government could safely venture to outrage . But though we think the conduct of the Regicides blameable , that of Milton appears to ...
... body of the people , also , contemplated that proceeding with feelings which , however unreasonable , no government could safely venture to outrage . But though we think the conduct of the Regicides blameable , that of Milton appears to ...
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... body . We shall proceed to notice some of the peculiarities which distinguished him from his contemporaries . And , for that purpose , it is necessary to take a short survey of the parties into which the political world was at that time ...
... body . We shall proceed to notice some of the peculiarities which distinguished him from his contemporaries . And , for that purpose , it is necessary to take a short survey of the parties into which the political world was at that time ...
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