Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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Page 30
... spirits prevented him from knowing when he made himself ridiculous . His book resembles nothing so much as the conversation of the inmates of the Palace of Truth . His fame is great ; and it will , we have no doubt , be lasting ; but it ...
... spirits prevented him from knowing when he made himself ridiculous . His book resembles nothing so much as the conversation of the inmates of the Palace of Truth . His fame is great ; and it will , we have no doubt , be lasting ; but it ...
Page 45
... spirit and perseverance . He rejects the Celtic genealogies and poems without the least hesitation ; yet he declares himself willing to believe the stories of the second sight . If he had examined the claims of the Highland seers with ...
... spirit and perseverance . He rejects the Celtic genealogies and poems without the least hesitation ; yet he declares himself willing to believe the stories of the second sight . If he had examined the claims of the Highland seers with ...
Page 46
... spirit , ' Let us not be found , when our master calls us , stripping the lace off our waistcoats , but the spirit of contention from our souls and tongues . Alas ! sir , a man who cannot get to heaven in a green coat will not find his ...
... spirit , ' Let us not be found , when our master calls us , stripping the lace off our waistcoats , but the spirit of contention from our souls and tongues . Alas ! sir , a man who cannot get to heaven in a green coat will not find his ...
Page 47
... spirit , from rants which , in everything but the diction , resembled those of Squire Western . He was , as a politician , half ice and half fire . the side of his intellect he was a mere Pococurante , far too apathetic about public ...
... spirit , from rants which , in everything but the diction , resembled those of Squire Western . He was , as a politician , half ice and half fire . the side of his intellect he was a mere Pococurante , far too apathetic about public ...
Page 48
... spirit of liberty . JOHNSON : " Sir , that is all visionary . I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another . It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual . Sir , the danger of the abuse ...
... spirit of liberty . JOHNSON : " Sir , that is all visionary . I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another . It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual . Sir , the danger of the abuse ...
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