Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1890 |
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Page 11
... heads Celestial armoury , shield , helm , and spear , Hung high , with diamond flaming and with gold . " We cannot look upon the sportive exercises for which the genius of Milton ungirds itself , without catching a glimpse of the ...
... heads Celestial armoury , shield , helm , and spear , Hung high , with diamond flaming and with gold . " We cannot look upon the sportive exercises for which the genius of Milton ungirds itself , without catching a glimpse of the ...
Page 14
... head goes round twenty different bodies , so that the same face looks out upon us successively , from the uniform of a hussar , the furs of a judge , and the rags of a beggar . In all the characters , patriots and tyrants , haters and ...
... head goes round twenty different bodies , so that the same face looks out upon us successively , from the uniform of a hussar , the furs of a judge , and the rags of a beggar . In all the characters , patriots and tyrants , haters and ...
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... head of affairs , he did not assume unlimited power . He gave the country a constitution far more perfect than any which had at that time been known in the world . He reformed the representative system in a manner which has extorted ...
... head of affairs , he did not assume unlimited power . He gave the country a constitution far more perfect than any which had at that time been known in the world . He reformed the representative system in a manner which has extorted ...
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... head to the nations . Most of the remarks which we have hitherto made on the public character of Milton , apply to ... heads , or stuck up oak- branches , as circumstances altered , without the slightest shame or repugnance . These we ...
... head to the nations . Most of the remarks which we have hitherto made on the public character of Milton , apply to ... heads , or stuck up oak- branches , as circumstances altered , without the slightest shame or repugnance . These we ...
Page 50
... head and the Fool's head , and fix on the plain leaden chest which conceals the treasure . The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests . Not ...
... head and the Fool's head , and fix on the plain leaden chest which conceals the treasure . The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests . Not ...
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