Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1890 |
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... and to let nothing appear but his characters . As soon as he attracts notice to his personal feelings , the illusion is broken . The effect is as unpleasant as that which is produced on the stage by the voice of a prompter or MILTON . 13.
... and to let nothing appear but his characters . As soon as he attracts notice to his personal feelings , the illusion is broken . The effect is as unpleasant as that which is produced on the stage by the voice of a prompter or MILTON . 13.
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... and the doubts of the Academy , and the pride of the Portico , and the fasces of the Lictor , and the swords of thirty legions , were humbled in the dust . Soon after Christianity had achieved its triumph , 22 MILTON . 22.
... and the doubts of the Academy , and the pride of the Portico , and the fasces of the Lictor , and the swords of thirty legions , were humbled in the dust . Soon after Christianity had achieved its triumph , 22 MILTON . 22.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. dust . Soon after Christianity had achieved its triumph , the principle which had assisted it began to corrupt it . It became a new Paganism . Patron saints assumed the offices of household gods ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. dust . Soon after Christianity had achieved its triumph , the principle which had assisted it began to corrupt it . It became a new Paganism . Patron saints assumed the offices of household gods ...
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... Soon , however , plenty teaches discretion ; and , after wine has been for a few months their daily fare , they become more temperate than they had ever been in their own country . In the same manner , the final and permanent fruits of ...
... Soon , however , plenty teaches discretion ; and , after wine has been for a few months their daily fare , they become more temperate than they had ever been in their own country . In the same manner , the final and permanent fruits of ...
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... soon be able to bear it . In a few years men learn to reason . The extreme violence of opinion subsides . Hostile theories cor- rect each other . The scattered elements of truth cease to contend , and begin to coalesce . And at length a ...
... soon be able to bear it . In a few years men learn to reason . The extreme violence of opinion subsides . Hostile theories cor- rect each other . The scattered elements of truth cease to contend , and begin to coalesce . And at length a ...
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