Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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... heart was cold : Far may we search before we find A heart so manly and so kind ! ' Every 1 In one place , we are told , that Allan Ramsay , the painter , was born in 1709 , and died in 1784 ; in another , that he died in 1784 , in the ...
... heart was cold : Far may we search before we find A heart so manly and so kind ! ' Every 1 In one place , we are told , that Allan Ramsay , the painter , was born in 1709 , and died in 1784 ; in another , that he died in 1784 , in the ...
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... heart , to Jerusalem , and humbly to deposit it at the sepulchre of our Lord , which he did in 1329. ' 22 Now , it is well known that he did no such thing , and for a very sufficient reason , because he was killed by the way . Nor was ...
... heart , to Jerusalem , and humbly to deposit it at the sepulchre of our Lord , which he did in 1329. ' 22 Now , it is well known that he did no such thing , and for a very sufficient reason , because he was killed by the way . Nor was ...
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... heart , the colloquial incorrectness and vivacity of style , the little amusing airs of a half - learned lady , the delightful garrulity , the dear Doctor Johnson , ' the " it was so comical , ' all disappear in Mr. Croker's quotations ...
... heart , the colloquial incorrectness and vivacity of style , the little amusing airs of a half - learned lady , the delightful garrulity , the dear Doctor Johnson , ' the " it was so comical , ' all disappear in Mr. Croker's quotations ...
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... heart . ' No substitute , however exquisitely formed , will fill the void left by the original . The second beauty may be equal or superior to the first ; but still it is not she . The reasons which Mr. Croker has given for in ...
... heart . ' No substitute , however exquisitely formed , will fill the void left by the original . The second beauty may be equal or superior to the first ; but still it is not she . The reasons which Mr. Croker has given for in ...
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... hearts , Rousseau , for example , and Lord Byron , have evidently written with a constant view to effect , and are to be then most dis- trusted when they seem to be most sincere . There is scarcely any man who would not rather accuse ...
... hearts , Rousseau , for example , and Lord Byron , have evidently written with a constant view to effect , and are to be then most dis- trusted when they seem to be most sincere . There is scarcely any man who would not rather accuse ...
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