Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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... probably would have appeared when it was first published , if he had then been allowed an additional day or two to revise the proof - sheets , with the assistance of a good library . VOL . I. a CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME . Milton ...
... probably would have appeared when it was first published , if he had then been allowed an additional day or two to revise the proof - sheets , with the assistance of a good library . VOL . I. a CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME . Milton ...
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... probably have attained the highest eminence , and produced a permanent and salutary effect on the national taste . This we infer , not so much from the degree , as from the kind of its excellence . There are compositions which indicate ...
... probably have attained the highest eminence , and produced a permanent and salutary effect on the national taste . This we infer , not so much from the degree , as from the kind of its excellence . There are compositions which indicate ...
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... probably was not altogether on grounds of expediency that Socrates taught his followers to honour the gods whom the state honoured , and be- queathed a cock to Esculapius with his dying breath . So there is often a portion of willing ...
... probably was not altogether on grounds of expediency that Socrates taught his followers to honour the gods whom the state honoured , and be- queathed a cock to Esculapius with his dying breath . So there is often a portion of willing ...
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... probably like Mr. Hallam's book more if , instead of pointing out with strict fidelity the bright points and the dark spots of both parties , he had exerted himself to whitewash the one and to blacken the other . But we should certainly ...
... probably like Mr. Hallam's book more if , instead of pointing out with strict fidelity the bright points and the dark spots of both parties , he had exerted himself to whitewash the one and to blacken the other . But we should certainly ...
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... probably end in blood . He knew that the legality of his proceedings was denied . He must have known that some of the accused members were men not likely to submit peaceably to an illegal arrest . There was every reason to expect that ...
... probably end in blood . He knew that the legality of his proceedings was denied . He must have known that some of the accused members were men not likely to submit peaceably to an illegal arrest . There was every reason to expect that ...
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