Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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Page 44
... force were now as much astonished at its strange narrowness and feeble- ness as the fisherman in the Arabian tale , when he saw the Genie , whose stature had overshadowed the whole sea - coast , and whose might seemed equal to a contest ...
... force were now as much astonished at its strange narrowness and feeble- ness as the fisherman in the Arabian tale , when he saw the Genie , whose stature had overshadowed the whole sea - coast , and whose might seemed equal to a contest ...
Page 49
... force of mind in arguing on their wretched data , that a modern reader is perpetually at a loss to comprehend how such minds came by such data . Not a flaw in the super- structure of the theory which they are rearing escapes their ...
... force of mind in arguing on their wretched data , that a modern reader is perpetually at a loss to comprehend how such minds came by such data . Not a flaw in the super- structure of the theory which they are rearing escapes their ...
Page 69
... , we feel that we could ill spare . We feel that the story owes much of its charm to these occasional glimpses of solemn and affecting subjects , which will that he has not be hidden , which force themselves through the veil.
... , we feel that we could ill spare . We feel that the story owes much of its charm to these occasional glimpses of solemn and affecting subjects , which will that he has not be hidden , which force themselves through the veil.
Page 70
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. not be hidden , which force themselves through the veil , and appear before us in their native aspect . The effect is not unlike that which is said to have been produced on the ancient stage ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. not be hidden , which force themselves through the veil , and appear before us in their native aspect . The effect is not unlike that which is said to have been produced on the ancient stage ...
Page 90
... force of character , and who , whether beloved or hated , had always been feared . Now , at length , for the first time since the day when the sceptre of Henry the Fourth dropped from the hand of his lethargic grandson , England had a ...
... force of character , and who , whether beloved or hated , had always been feared . Now , at length , for the first time since the day when the sceptre of Henry the Fourth dropped from the hand of his lethargic grandson , England had a ...
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