Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 402 pages |
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... exist that it is a genuine relic of the great poet . Mr. Sumner , who was commanded by his Majesty to edite and translate the treatise , has acquitted himself of his task in a manner honourable to his talents and to his character . His ...
... exist that it is a genuine relic of the great poet . Mr. Sumner , who was commanded by his Majesty to edite and translate the treatise , has acquitted himself of his task in a manner honourable to his talents and to his character . His ...
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... The Comus is framed on the model of the Italian Masque , as the Samson is framed on the model of the Greek Tragedy . It is certainly the noblest performance of the kind which exists in any language . It is as far superior to MILTON . 15.
... The Comus is framed on the model of the Italian Masque , as the Samson is framed on the model of the Greek Tragedy . It is certainly the noblest performance of the kind which exists in any language . It is as far superior to MILTON . 15.
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... exists something which is not material . But of this something we have no idea . We can define it only by negatives . We can reason about it only by symbols . We use the word ; but we have no image of the thing ; and the business of ...
... exists something which is not material . But of this something we have no idea . We can define it only by negatives . We can reason about it only by symbols . We use the word ; but we have no image of the thing ; and the business of ...
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... exist only for the purpose of increasing the sum of private happi- ness , is not recognised with sufficient clearness . The good of the body , distinct from the good of the members , and sometimes hardly compatible with the good of the ...
... exist only for the purpose of increasing the sum of private happi- ness , is not recognised with sufficient clearness . The good of the body , distinct from the good of the members , and sometimes hardly compatible with the good of the ...
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... exist . The almost absolute mastery which Mr. Hallam has obtained over feelings of this class is perfectly astonishing to us , and will , we believe , be not only astonishing but offensive to many of his readers . It must particularly ...
... exist . The almost absolute mastery which Mr. Hallam has obtained over feelings of this class is perfectly astonishing to us , and will , we believe , be not only astonishing but offensive to many of his readers . It must particularly ...
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