Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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... . Skinner , it is well known , held the same political opinions with his illustrious friend . It is therefore probable , as Mr. Lemon conjectures , that he VOL . I. B may have fallen under the suspicions of the govern- ment.
... . Skinner , it is well known , held the same political opinions with his illustrious friend . It is therefore probable , as Mr. Lemon conjectures , that he VOL . I. B may have fallen under the suspicions of the govern- ment.
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... ment during that persecution of the Whigs which fol- lowed the dissolution of the Oxford parliament , and that , in consequence of a general seizure of his papers , this work may have been brought to the office in which it has been ...
... ment during that persecution of the Whigs which fol- lowed the dissolution of the Oxford parliament , and that , in consequence of a general seizure of his papers , this work may have been brought to the office in which it has been ...
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... ment of fiction . He who , in an enlightened and literary society , aspires to be a great poet , must first become a little child . He must take to pieces the whole web of his mind . He must unlearn much of that knowledge which has ...
... ment of fiction . He who , in an enlightened and literary society , aspires to be a great poet , must first become a little child . He must take to pieces the whole web of his mind . He must unlearn much of that knowledge which has ...
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... ment of his machinery , is that of attempting to philo- sophise too much . Milton has been often censured for ascribing to spirits many functions of which spirits must be incapable . But these objections , though sanctioned by eminent ...
... ment of his machinery , is that of attempting to philo- sophise too much . Milton has been often censured for ascribing to spirits many functions of which spirits must be incapable . But these objections , though sanctioned by eminent ...
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... ment in the world . Ariosto tells a pretty story of a fairy , who , by some mysterious law of her nature , was condemned to appear at certain seasons in the form of a foul and poison- ous snake . Those who injured her during the period ...
... ment in the world . Ariosto tells a pretty story of a fairy , who , by some mysterious law of her nature , was condemned to appear at certain seasons in the form of a foul and poison- ous snake . Those who injured her during the period ...
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