Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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... conduct and diction , bears a considerable resemblance to some of his dramas . Considered as plays , his works are absurd ; consi- dered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance , we examine the address of ...
... conduct and diction , bears a considerable resemblance to some of his dramas . Considered as plays , his works are absurd ; consi- dered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance , we examine the address of ...
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... conduct was such as was to be expected from a man of a spirit so high and of an intellect so powerful . He lived at one of the most memorable eras in the history of mankind , at the very crisis of the great conflict between Oromasdes ...
... conduct was such as was to be expected from a man of a spirit so high and of an intellect so powerful . He lived at one of the most memorable eras in the history of mankind , at the very crisis of the great conflict between Oromasdes ...
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... conduct . But we cannot disguise from ourselves that a large portion of his countrymen still think it unjustifiable . The civil war , indeed , has been more discussed , and is less understood , than any event in English history . The ...
... conduct . But we cannot disguise from ourselves that a large portion of his countrymen still think it unjustifiable . The civil war , indeed , has been more discussed , and is less understood , than any event in English history . The ...
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... conduct of Milton must be approved or con- demned according as the resistance of the people to Charles the First shall appear to be justifiable or criminal . We shall therefore make no apology for dedicating a few pages to the ...
... conduct of Milton must be approved or con- demned according as the resistance of the people to Charles the First shall appear to be justifiable or criminal . We shall therefore make no apology for dedicating a few pages to the ...
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... conduct of Charles , from his accession to the meeting of the Long Parliament , had been a continued course of oppression and treachery . Let those who applaud the Revolution , and condemn the Rebellion , mention one act of James the ...
... conduct of Charles , from his accession to the meeting of the Long Parliament , had been a continued course of oppression and treachery . Let those who applaud the Revolution , and condemn the Rebellion , mention one act of James the ...
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