Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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... auditors by exhibiting some relic of him , a thread of his garment , a lock of his hair , or a drop of his blood . On the same principle , we intend to take advantage of the late interesting discovery , and , while this 1 * MILTON . 3.
... auditors by exhibiting some relic of him , a thread of his garment , a lock of his hair , or a drop of his blood . On the same principle , we intend to take advantage of the late interesting discovery , and , while this 1 * MILTON . 3.
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... principles of dramatic writing , we shall instantly condemn them as monstrous . But if we forget the characters , and think only of the poetry , we shall admit that it has never been sur- passed in energy and magnificence . Sophocles ...
... principles of dramatic writing , we shall instantly condemn them as monstrous . But if we forget the characters , and think only of the poetry , we shall admit that it has never been sur- passed in energy and magnificence . Sophocles ...
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... principle . The first inhabitants of Greece , there is reason to believe , worshipped one invisible Deity . But the necessity of having something more definite to adore pro- duced , in a few centuries , the innumerable crowd of Gods and ...
... principle . The first inhabitants of Greece , there is reason to believe , worshipped one invisible Deity . But the necessity of having something more definite to adore pro- duced , in a few centuries , the innumerable crowd of Gods and ...
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... principle which had assisted it began to corrupt it . It became a new Paganism . Patron saints assumed the offices of household gods . St. George took the place of Mars . St. Elmo consoled the mariner for the loss of Castor and Pollux ...
... principle which had assisted it began to corrupt it . It became a new Paganism . Patron saints assumed the offices of household gods . St. George took the place of Mars . St. Elmo consoled the mariner for the loss of Castor and Pollux ...
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... principles which have since worked their way into the depths of the American forests , which have roused Greece from the slavery and degradation of two thousand years , and which , from one end of Europe to the other , have kindled an ...
... principles which have since worked their way into the depths of the American forests , which have roused Greece from the slavery and degradation of two thousand years , and which , from one end of Europe to the other , have kindled an ...
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