Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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Page 23
... took the place of Mars . St. Elmo consoled the mariner for the loss of Castor and Pollux . The Virgin Mother and Cecilia succeeded to Venus and the Muses . The fascination of sex and loveliness was again joined to that of celestial ...
... took the place of Mars . St. Elmo consoled the mariner for the loss of Castor and Pollux . The Virgin Mother and Cecilia succeeded to Venus and the Muses . The fascination of sex and loveliness was again joined to that of celestial ...
Page 24
... took his stand on the debatable ground . He left the whole in ambiguity . He has doubtless , by so doing , laid himself open to the charge of inconsistency . But , though philosophically in the wrong , we cannot but believe that he was ...
... took his stand on the debatable ground . He left the whole in ambiguity . He has doubtless , by so doing , laid himself open to the charge of inconsistency . But , though philosophically in the wrong , we cannot but believe that he was ...
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... took his little son on his knee and kissed him ! We cen- sure him for having violated the articles of the Pe- tition of Right , after having , for good and valuable consideration , promised to observe them ; and we are informed that he ...
... took his little son on his knee and kissed him ! We cen- sure him for having violated the articles of the Pe- tition of Right , after having , for good and valuable consideration , promised to observe them ; and we are informed that he ...
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... took his seat in the council , or girt on his sword for war , these tempestuous workings of the soul had left no perceptible trace behind them . People who saw nothing of the godly but their uncouth visages , and heard nothing from them ...
... took his seat in the council , or girt on his sword for war , these tempestuous workings of the soul had left no perceptible trace behind them . People who saw nothing of the godly but their uncouth visages , and heard nothing from them ...
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... popular parts of his religious and political creed . He took his own stand upon those which the great body of his countrymen reprobated as criminal , or derided as paradoxical . He stood up for divorce and regicide 58 MILTON .
... popular parts of his religious and political creed . He took his own stand upon those which the great body of his countrymen reprobated as criminal , or derided as paradoxical . He stood up for divorce and regicide 58 MILTON .
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