Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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... looked back with something like regret to the ruder age of simple words and vivid impressions . We think that , as civilisation advances , poetry almost necessarily declines . Therefore , though we fervently admire those great works of ...
... looked back with something like regret to the ruder age of simple words and vivid impressions . We think that , as civilisation advances , poetry almost necessarily declines . Therefore , though we fervently admire those great works of ...
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... looked up , with the veneration of disciples , to Egypt and Assyria . At this period , accordingly , it was natural that the literature of Greece should be tinctured with the Oriental style . And that style , we think , is discern- ible ...
... looked up , with the veneration of disciples , to Egypt and Assyria . At this period , accordingly , it was natural that the literature of Greece should be tinctured with the Oriental style . And that style , we think , is discern- ible ...
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... looked down with contempt : for they esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure , and eloquent in a more sublime language , nobles by the right of an earlier creation , and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand . The ...
... looked down with contempt : for they esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure , and eloquent in a more sublime language , nobles by the right of an earlier creation , and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand . The ...
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... looked down on temptations and dangers , the deadly hatred which he bore to bigots and tyrants , and the faith which he so sternly kept with his country and with his fame . 62 MACHIAVELLI . ( MARCH , 1827. ) Euvres complètes MILTON . 61.
... looked down on temptations and dangers , the deadly hatred which he bore to bigots and tyrants , and the faith which he so sternly kept with his country and with his fame . 62 MACHIAVELLI . ( MARCH , 1827. ) Euvres complètes MILTON . 61.
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... looked on the Pope as the vicegerent of the Almighty , the oracle of the All - wise , the umpire from whose decisions , in the disputes either of theologians or of kings , no Christian ought to appeal . The Italians were acquainted with ...
... looked on the Pope as the vicegerent of the Almighty , the oracle of the All - wise , the umpire from whose decisions , in the disputes either of theologians or of kings , no Christian ought to appeal . The Italians were acquainted with ...
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