Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 páginas |
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... admiration . The moral sensibility of the writer seems at once to be morbidly obtuse and mor- bidly acute . Two characters altogether dissimilar are united in him . They are not merely joined , but interwoven . They are the warp and the ...
... admiration . The moral sensibility of the writer seems at once to be morbidly obtuse and mor- bidly acute . Two characters altogether dissimilar are united in him . They are not merely joined , but interwoven . They are the warp and the ...
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... admiration of learning and genius became almost an idolatry among the people of Italy . Kings and republics , cardinals and doges , vied with each other in honouring and flattering Petrarch . Embassies from rival states solicited the ...
... admiration of learning and genius became almost an idolatry among the people of Italy . Kings and republics , cardinals and doges , vied with each other in honouring and flattering Petrarch . Embassies from rival states solicited the ...
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... admiration of the military science of the ancient Romans , and the greatest contempt for the maxims which had been in vogue amongst the Italian commanders of the preceding generation . He prefers 92 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
... admiration of the military science of the ancient Romans , and the greatest contempt for the maxims which had been in vogue amongst the Italian commanders of the preceding generation . He prefers 92 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
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... admiration , to which the contempla- tion of great events gives birth , make an object where they do not find it . Thus , nations descend to the absurdities of Egyptian idolatry , and worship stocks and reptiles - Sache- verells and ...
... admiration , to which the contempla- tion of great events gives birth , make an object where they do not find it . Thus , nations descend to the absurdities of Egyptian idolatry , and worship stocks and reptiles - Sache- verells and ...
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... admiration of Virgil is absolute idolatry . If indeed it had been excited by the elegant , splendid , and harmonious dic- tion of the Roman poet , it would not have been altogether unreasonable ; but it is rather as an authority on all ...
... admiration of Virgil is absolute idolatry . If indeed it had been excited by the elegant , splendid , and harmonious dic- tion of the Roman poet , it would not have been altogether unreasonable ; but it is rather as an authority on all ...
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