Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 380 pages |
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... exist that it is a genuine relic of the great poet . Mr. Sumner , who was commanded by his Majesty to edit and translate the treatise , has acquitted him- self of his task in a manner honourable to his talents and to his character . His ...
... exist that it is a genuine relic of the great poet . Mr. Sumner , who was commanded by his Majesty to edit and translate the treatise , has acquitted him- self of his task in a manner honourable to his talents and to his character . His ...
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... exists in any language . It is as far superior to the Faithful Shepherdess as the Faithful Shepherdess is to the Aminta , or the Aminta to the Pastor Fido . It was well for Milton that he had here no Euripides to mislead him . He ...
... exists in any language . It is as far superior to the Faithful Shepherdess as the Faithful Shepherdess is to the Aminta , or the Aminta to the Pastor Fido . It was well for Milton that he had here no Euripides to mislead him . He ...
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... exists something which is not material . But of this something we have no idea . We can define it only by negatives . We can reason about it only by symbols . We use the word ; but we have no image of the thing ; and the business of ...
... exists something which is not material . But of this something we have no idea . We can define it only by negatives . We can reason about it only by symbols . We use the word ; but we have no image of the thing ; and the business of ...
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... exist only for the purpose of increasing the sum of private happiness , is not recognised with sufficient clearness . The good of the body , distinct from the good of the members , and sometimes hardly com- patible with the good of the ...
... exist only for the purpose of increasing the sum of private happiness , is not recognised with sufficient clearness . The good of the body , distinct from the good of the members , and sometimes hardly com- patible with the good of the ...
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... exist . The almost absolute mastery which Mr. Hallam has obtained over feelings of this class is perfectly astonishing to us , and will , we believe , be not only astonishing but offensive to many of his readers . It must particularly ...
... exist . The almost absolute mastery which Mr. Hallam has obtained over feelings of this class is perfectly astonishing to us , and will , we believe , be not only astonishing but offensive to many of his readers . It must particularly ...
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