Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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... matter . . . . And he certainly has not his equal anywhere for covering his subject in the pointing- stick fashion . You need not - you had much better not - pin your faith on his details , but his Pisgah sights are admirable . Hole ...
... matter . . . . And he certainly has not his equal anywhere for covering his subject in the pointing- stick fashion . You need not - you had much better not - pin your faith on his details , but his Pisgah sights are admirable . Hole ...
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... matter is much mended by the solemn form with which the pluralist passes from one of his employments to the other . But We manage these things better in England . Sir Walts : Scott gives us a novel ; Mr. Hallam a critical and argumenta ...
... matter is much mended by the solemn form with which the pluralist passes from one of his employments to the other . But We manage these things better in England . Sir Walts : Scott gives us a novel ; Mr. Hallam a critical and argumenta ...
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... matter . The language , even where most faulty , is weighty and massive , and indicates strong sense in every line . It often rises to an eloquence , not florid or impassioned , but high , grave , and sober ; such as would become a ...
... matter . The language , even where most faulty , is weighty and massive , and indicates strong sense in every line . It often rises to an eloquence , not florid or impassioned , but high , grave , and sober ; such as would become a ...
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... matter as we may , experience shows us that a man may believe in election without believing in reprobation , that he ... matters of doctrine , and at the same time to believe doctrines which he pro- nounced to be heretical . Let it pass ...
... matter as we may , experience shows us that a man may believe in election without believing in reprobation , that he ... matters of doctrine , and at the same time to believe doctrines which he pro- nounced to be heretical . Let it pass ...
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... matters of blood , the archbishop signed the warrant for the atrocious sentence . When Somerset had been in his turn destroyed , his destroyer received the support of Cranmer in a wicked attempt to change the course of the succession ...
... matters of blood , the archbishop signed the warrant for the atrocious sentence . When Somerset had been in his turn destroyed , his destroyer received the support of Cranmer in a wicked attempt to change the course of the succession ...
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