Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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Page 9
... become more and more definite , and the shades of probability more and more distinct , the hues and lineaments of the phantoms which the poet calls up grow fainter and fainter . We cannot unite the incompatible advantages of reality and ...
... become more and more definite , and the shades of probability more and more distinct , the hues and lineaments of the phantoms which the poet calls up grow fainter and fainter . We cannot unite the incompatible advantages of reality and ...
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... become utterly insensible to the Augustan elegance , and was as ill qualified to judge between two Latin styles as a habitual drunkard to set up for a wine - taster . Versification in a dead language is an exotic , a far - fetched ...
... become utterly insensible to the Augustan elegance , and was as ill qualified to judge between two Latin styles as a habitual drunkard to set up for a wine - taster . Versification in a dead language is an exotic , a far - fetched ...
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... become more temperate than they had ever been in their own country . In the same manner , the final and permanent fruits of liberty are wisdom , moderation , and mercy . Its immediate effects are often atrocious crimes , conflicting ...
... become more temperate than they had ever been in their own country . In the same manner , the final and permanent fruits of liberty are wisdom , moderation , and mercy . Its immediate effects are often atrocious crimes , conflicting ...
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... become half blind in the house of bondage . But let them gaze on , and they will soon be able to bear it . In a few years men learn to reason . The extreme violence of opinions sub- sides . Hostile theories correct each other . The ...
... become half blind in the house of bondage . But let them gaze on , and they will soon be able to bear it . In a few years men learn to reason . The extreme violence of opinions sub- sides . Hostile theories correct each other . The ...
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... become statesmen . The celebrity of the man who refuted it , the " Æneæ magni dextra , " gives it all its fame with the present generation . In that age the state of things was different . It was not then fully understood how vast an ...
... become statesmen . The celebrity of the man who refuted it , the " Æneæ magni dextra , " gives it all its fame with the present generation . In that age the state of things was different . It was not then fully understood how vast an ...
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