Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to The Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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Page 5
... Surely the uniformity of the phænomenon indicates a corresponding uniformity in the cause . The fact is , that common observers reason from the pro- gress of the experimental sciences to that of the imitative arts . The improvement of ...
... Surely the uniformity of the phænomenon indicates a corresponding uniformity in the cause . The fact is , that common observers reason from the pro- gress of the experimental sciences to that of the imitative arts . The improvement of ...
Page 25
... depend on the knowledge which he possesses that he holds the fate of his torturer in his hands , and that the hour of his release will surely come . But Satan is a creature of another sphere . The might of his MILTON . 25.
... depend on the knowledge which he possesses that he holds the fate of his torturer in his hands , and that the hour of his release will surely come . But Satan is a creature of another sphere . The might of his MILTON . 25.
Page 87
... surely from want of wit that Shakspeare adopted so different a manner . Benedick and Beatrice throw Mirabel and Millamant into the shade . All the good sayings of the facetious houses of Absolute and Surface might have been clipped from ...
... surely from want of wit that Shakspeare adopted so different a manner . Benedick and Beatrice throw Mirabel and Millamant into the shade . All the good sayings of the facetious houses of Absolute and Surface might have been clipped from ...
Page 127
... alive . severe reproach to any person that he does It is no very not possess heroic fortitude . But surely a man who liked the fire so little should have had some sympathy for others . A HALLAM'S CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY . 127.
... alive . severe reproach to any person that he does It is no very not possess heroic fortitude . But surely a man who liked the fire so little should have had some sympathy for others . A HALLAM'S CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY . 127.
Page 141
... surely very irrational . The rules of evidence no more depend on the magnitude of the interests at stake than the rules of arith- metic . We might as well say that we have a greater chance of throwing a sice when we are playing for a ...
... surely very irrational . The rules of evidence no more depend on the magnitude of the interests at stake than the rules of arith- metic . We might as well say that we have a greater chance of throwing a sice when we are playing for a ...
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