Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 402 pages |
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... distinguished by the excellence of his Latin verse . The genius of Petrarch was scarcely of the first order ; and his poems in the ancient language , though much praised by those who have never read them , are wretched compositions ...
... distinguished by the excellence of his Latin verse . The genius of Petrarch was scarcely of the first order ; and his poems in the ancient language , though much praised by those who have never read them , are wretched compositions ...
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... distinguished by loftiness of spirit ; that of Dante by intensity of feeling . In every line of the Divine Comedy we discern the asperity which is produced by pride struggling with misery . There is per- haps no work in the world so ...
... distinguished by loftiness of spirit ; that of Dante by intensity of feeling . In every line of the Divine Comedy we discern the asperity which is produced by pride struggling with misery . There is per- haps no work in the world so ...
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... distinguished at his entrance into life , some had been taken away from the evil to come ; some had carried into foreign climates their unconquerable hatred of oppression ; some were pining in dungeons ; and some had poured forth their ...
... distinguished at his entrance into life , some had been taken away from the evil to come ; some had carried into foreign climates their unconquerable hatred of oppression ; some were pining in dungeons ; and some had poured forth their ...
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... distinguished by zeal than either by candour or by skill . On the other side are the most authoritative and the most popular historical works in our language , that of Clarendon , and that of Hume . The former is not only ably written ...
... distinguished by zeal than either by candour or by skill . On the other side are the most authoritative and the most popular historical works in our language , that of Clarendon , and that of Hume . The former is not only ably written ...
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... distinguished him from his contemporaries . And , for that purpose , it is necessary to take a short survey of the parties into which the political world was at that time divided . We must premise , that our observations are intended to ...
... distinguished him from his contemporaries . And , for that purpose , it is necessary to take a short survey of the parties into which the political world was at that time divided . We must premise , that our observations are intended to ...
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