Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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... CENTURIES of the English Language and Literature , 1 v . DE FOE : Robinson Crusoe 1 v . LADY FULLERTON : Ellen Middleton 1v . Grantley Manor 2 v . Lady - Bird 2 v . MRS . GASKELL : Mary Barton 1 v . Ruth 2 v . North and South 1 v ...
... CENTURIES of the English Language and Literature , 1 v . DE FOE : Robinson Crusoe 1 v . LADY FULLERTON : Ellen Middleton 1v . Grantley Manor 2 v . Lady - Bird 2 v . MRS . GASKELL : Mary Barton 1 v . Ruth 2 v . North and South 1 v ...
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... century of study and meditation . But it is not thus with music , with painting , or with sculpture . Still less is it thus with poetry . The progress of refinement rarely supplies these arts with better objects of imitation . It may ...
... century of study and meditation . But it is not thus with music , with painting , or with sculpture . Still less is it thus with poetry . The progress of refinement rarely supplies these arts with better objects of imitation . It may ...
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... centuries , the innumerable crowd of Gods and Goddesses . In like manner the ancient Persians thought it im- pious to exhibit the Creator under a human form . Yet even these transferred to the Sun the worship which , in speculation ...
... centuries , the innumerable crowd of Gods and Goddesses . In like manner the ancient Persians thought it im- pious to exhibit the Creator under a human form . Yet even these transferred to the Sun the worship which , in speculation ...
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... centuries , discovered , in his Comedies , designed for the entertainment of the multitude , in his Comments on Livy , intended for the perusal of the most enthusiastic patriots of Florence , in his History , inscribed to one of the ...
... centuries , discovered , in his Comedies , designed for the entertainment of the multitude , in his Comments on Livy , intended for the perusal of the most enthusiastic patriots of Florence , in his History , inscribed to one of the ...
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... centuries which fol- lowed the downfal of the Roman Empire , Italy had preserved , in a far greater degree than any other part of Western Eu- rope , the traces of ancient civilisation . The night which de- scended upon her was the night ...
... centuries which fol- lowed the downfal of the Roman Empire , Italy had preserved , in a far greater degree than any other part of Western Eu- rope , the traces of ancient civilisation . The night which de- scended upon her was the night ...
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