Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review: In Two Volumes, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1856 - 414 pages |
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... honour been better upheld principles of liberty were the scoff of abroad , or the seat of justice better every grinning courtier , and the Ana- filled at home . And it was rarely that thema Maranatha of every fawning any opposition ...
... honour been better upheld principles of liberty were the scoff of abroad , or the seat of justice better every grinning courtier , and the Ana- filled at home . And it was rarely that thema Maranatha of every fawning any opposition ...
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... honour , the prejudices of childhood , and the vener- able names of history , threw over them a spell potent as that of Duessa ; and , like the Red - Cross Knight , they thought that they were doing battle for an in- jured beauty ...
... honour , the prejudices of childhood , and the vener- able names of history , threw over them a spell potent as that of Duessa ; and , like the Red - Cross Knight , they thought that they were doing battle for an in- jured beauty ...
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... honour . He kisses the an eternal reward . And hence he beautiful deceiver before he destroys her . acquired their contempt of external That from which the public character circumstances , their fortitude , their of Milton derives its ...
... honour . He kisses the an eternal reward . And hence he beautiful deceiver before he destroys her . acquired their contempt of external That from which the public character circumstances , their fortitude , their of Milton derives its ...
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... honour- ing and flattering Petrarch . Embassies from rival states solicited the honour of his instructions . His coronation agitated the Court of Naples and the people of Rome as much as the most important political transaction could ...
... honour- ing and flattering Petrarch . Embassies from rival states solicited the honour of his instructions . His coronation agitated the Court of Naples and the people of Rome as much as the most important political transaction could ...
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... honour in other countries , of the power against which he was then ingenuity became the point of honour employed , and fighting by the side of in Italy . his enemies against his associates . The From these principles were deduced ...
... honour in other countries , of the power against which he was then ingenuity became the point of honour employed , and fighting by the side of in Italy . his enemies against his associates . The From these principles were deduced ...
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