Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewBernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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... exist that it is a genuine relic of the great poet . Mr. Sumner , who was commanded by his Majesty to edite and translate the treatise , has acquitted himself of his task in a manner honourable to his talents and to his character . His ...
... exist that it is a genuine relic of the great poet . Mr. Sumner , who was commanded by his Majesty to edite and translate the treatise , has acquitted himself of his task in a manner honourable to his talents and to his character . His ...
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... Comus is framed on the model of the Italian Masque , as the Samson is framed on the model of the Greek Tragedy . It is certainly the noblest performance of the kind which exists in any language . It is as far superior MILTON . 15.
... Comus is framed on the model of the Italian Masque , as the Samson is framed on the model of the Greek Tragedy . It is certainly the noblest performance of the kind which exists in any language . It is as far superior MILTON . 15.
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Contributed to the Edinburgh Review Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. exists in any language . It is as far superior to the Faithful Shepherdess , as the Faithful Shepherdess is to the Aminta , or the Aminta to the Pastor Fido ...
Contributed to the Edinburgh Review Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. exists in any language . It is as far superior to the Faithful Shepherdess , as the Faithful Shepherdess is to the Aminta , or the Aminta to the Pastor Fido ...
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... exists something which is not material . But of this something we have no idea . We can define it only by negatives . We can reason about it only by symbols . We use the word ; but we have no image of the thing ; and the business of ...
... exists something which is not material . But of this something we have no idea . We can define it only by negatives . We can reason about it only by symbols . We use the word ; but we have no image of the thing ; and the business of ...
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... exist only for the purpose of increasing the sum of private happiness , is not recognised with sufficient clearness . The good of the body , distinct from the good of the members , and sometimes hardly compatible with the good of the ...
... exist only for the purpose of increasing the sum of private happiness , is not recognised with sufficient clearness . The good of the body , distinct from the good of the members , and sometimes hardly compatible with the good of the ...
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