Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1850 |
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Page 11
... says Mr. Southey , " a blackguard . " Even this we think too hard a censure . Bunyan was not , we admit , so fine a gentleman as Lord Digby ; but he was a blackguard no otherwise than as every labouring man that ever lived has been a ...
... says Mr. Southey , " a blackguard . " Even this we think too hard a censure . Bunyan was not , we admit , so fine a gentleman as Lord Digby ; but he was a blackguard no otherwise than as every labouring man that ever lived has been a ...
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... says , as if his breast bone would split ; and this he took for a sign that he was destined to burst asunder like Judas . The agitation of his nerves made all his movements tremulous ; and this trembling , he supposed , was a visible ...
... says , as if his breast bone would split ; and this he took for a sign that he was destined to burst asunder like Judas . The agitation of his nerves made all his movements tremulous ; and this trembling , he supposed , was a visible ...
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... say . For magnificence , for pathos , for vehement exhor- tation , for subtle disquisition , for every purpose of the poet , the orator , and the divine , this homely dialect , the dialect of plain working men , was perfectly sufficient ...
... say . For magnificence , for pathos , for vehement exhor- tation , for subtle disquisition , for every purpose of the poet , the orator , and the divine , this homely dialect , the dialect of plain working men , was perfectly sufficient ...
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... says Baxter , " that I did blot it out , not as changing my opinion of the person .... Mr. John Hampden was one that friends and enemies acknowledged to be most eminent for prudence , piety , and peaceable counsels , having the most ...
... says Baxter , " that I did blot it out , not as changing my opinion of the person .... Mr. John Hampden was one that friends and enemies acknowledged to be most eminent for prudence , piety , and peaceable counsels , having the most ...
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... says that great historian , " he indulged himself in all the license in sports , and exercises , and company , which were used by men of the most jolly conversation . " A re- markable change , however , passed on his character . “ On a ...
... says that great historian , " he indulged himself in all the license in sports , and exercises , and company , which were used by men of the most jolly conversation . " A re- markable change , however , passed on his character . “ On a ...
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