Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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Page 22
... noble a conception : but the crowd turned away in disgust from words which presented no image to their minds . It was before Deity embodied in a human form , walking among men , partaking of their infirmities , leaning on their bosoms ...
... noble a conception : but the crowd turned away in disgust from words which presented no image to their minds . It was before Deity embodied in a human form , walking among men , partaking of their infirmities , leaning on their bosoms ...
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... into its own nature . It resembled that noxious Sardinian soil of which the intense bitterness is said to have been per- ceptible even in its honey . His mind was , in the noble lan- guage of the Hebrew poet , " a land of 26 MILTON .
... into its own nature . It resembled that noxious Sardinian soil of which the intense bitterness is said to have been per- ceptible even in its honey . His mind was , in the noble lan- guage of the Hebrew poet , " a land of 26 MILTON .
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... noble even to ruggedness , the dark furrows of the cheek , the haggard and woful stare of the eye , the sullen and contemptuous curve of the lip , and doubt that they belong to a man too proud and too sensitive to be happy . Milton was ...
... noble even to ruggedness , the dark furrows of the cheek , the haggard and woful stare of the eye , the sullen and contemptuous curve of the lip , and doubt that they belong to a man too proud and too sensitive to be happy . Milton was ...
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... noble poem on the Massacres of Piedmont is strictly a collect in verse . The Sonnets are more or less striking , according as the occasions which gave birth to them are more or less interest- ing . But they are , almost without ...
... noble poem on the Massacres of Piedmont is strictly a collect in verse . The Sonnets are more or less striking , according as the occasions which gave birth to them are more or less interest- ing . But they are , almost without ...
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... noble course which he had marked out for himself by the almost irresistible force of circumstances , though we admire , in common with all men of all parties , the ability and energy of his splendid administration , we are not pleading ...
... noble course which he had marked out for himself by the almost irresistible force of circumstances , though we admire , in common with all men of all parties , the ability and energy of his splendid administration , we are not pleading ...
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