Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 5J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 |
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Page 13
... admiration for those writers should have been unbounded . His ambitious and eager temper early prompted him to imitate what he admired . The wish , perhaps , dearest to his heart was , that he might rank among the masters of French ...
... admiration for those writers should have been unbounded . His ambitious and eager temper early prompted him to imitate what he admired . The wish , perhaps , dearest to his heart was , that he might rank among the masters of French ...
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... admiration of the Henriade would prove that he was utterly destitute of the power of discerning what is excellent in art . Had he been familiar with Sophocles or Shakspeare , we should have expected him to appreciate Zaire more justly ...
... admiration of the Henriade would prove that he was utterly destitute of the power of discerning what is excellent in art . Had he been familiar with Sophocles or Shakspeare , we should have expected him to appreciate Zaire more justly ...
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... admiration , and chivalrous tenderness . She was in her twenty - fourth year . Her form was majestic , her features beautiful , her counten- ance sweet and animated , her voice musical , her deportment gracious and dignified . In all ...
... admiration , and chivalrous tenderness . She was in her twenty - fourth year . Her form was majestic , her features beautiful , her counten- ance sweet and animated , her voice musical , her deportment gracious and dignified . In all ...
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... admiration of Europe . What con- noisseurs say of some pictures painted by Raphael in his youth , may be said of this campaign . It was in Frederic's early bad manner . Fortunately for him , the generals to whom he was opposed were men ...
... admiration of Europe . What con- noisseurs say of some pictures painted by Raphael in his youth , may be said of this campaign . It was in Frederic's early bad manner . Fortunately for him , the generals to whom he was opposed were men ...
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... admiration at Moscow and Westminster , at Florence and Stockholm , as at Paris itself , he was yet tormented by that restless jealousy which should seem to belong only to minds burning with the desire of fame , and yet conscious of ...
... admiration at Moscow and Westminster , at Florence and Stockholm , as at Paris itself , he was yet tormented by that restless jealousy which should seem to belong only to minds burning with the desire of fame , and yet conscious of ...
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