Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to The Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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Page 14
... treat the Asiatics with contempt . From the narrative of Herodotus it should seem that they still looked up , with the veneration of disciples , to Egypt and Assyria . At this period , accordingly , it was natural that the literature of ...
... treat the Asiatics with contempt . From the narrative of Herodotus it should seem that they still looked up , with the veneration of disciples , to Egypt and Assyria . At this period , accordingly , it was natural that the literature of ...
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... of Milton , in some points , resembled that of Dante ; but he has treated it in a widely different manner . We cannot , we think , Macaulay , Essays . I. 2 better illustrate our opinion respecting our own great poet , MILTON . 17.
... of Milton , in some points , resembled that of Dante ; but he has treated it in a widely different manner . We cannot , we think , Macaulay , Essays . I. 2 better illustrate our opinion respecting our own great poet , MILTON . 17.
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... treat of his per- sonal feelings , are distinguishable in every page , and impart to all his writings , prose and poetry , English , Latin , and Italian , a strong family likeness . His public conduct was such as was to be expected from ...
... treat of his per- sonal feelings , are distinguishable in every page , and impart to all his writings , prose and poetry , English , Latin , and Italian , a strong family likeness . His public conduct was such as was to be expected from ...
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... treating , abounded with fickle and selfish politicians , who transferred their support to every government as it rose , who kissed the hand of the King in 1640 , and spat in his face in 1649 , who shouted with equal glee when Cromwell ...
... treating , abounded with fickle and selfish politicians , who transferred their support to every government as it rose , who kissed the hand of the King in 1640 , and spat in his face in 1649 , who shouted with equal glee when Cromwell ...
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... treated with decent reverence . But though they still called themselves Catholics , they had ceased to be Papists . Those spiritual arms which carried terror into the palaces and camps of the proudest sovereigns excited only contempt in ...
... treated with decent reverence . But though they still called themselves Catholics , they had ceased to be Papists . Those spiritual arms which carried terror into the palaces and camps of the proudest sovereigns excited only contempt in ...
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