Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 páginas |
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... conduct and diction , bears a con- siderable resemblance to some of his dramas . Considered as plays , his works are absurd : considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance , we examine the address of ...
... conduct and diction , bears a con- siderable resemblance to some of his dramas . Considered as plays , his works are absurd : considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance , we examine the address of ...
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... conduct was such as was to be expected from a man of a spirit so high , and an intellect so powerful . He lived at one of the most memorable eras in the history of mankind , at the very crisis of the great conflict between Oromasdes and ...
... conduct was such as was to be expected from a man of a spirit so high , and an intellect so powerful . He lived at one of the most memorable eras in the history of mankind , at the very crisis of the great conflict between Oromasdes and ...
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... conduct . But we cannot disguise from ourselves , that a large portion of his countrymen still think it un- justifiable . The civil war , indeed , has been more discussed , and is less understood , than any event in English history ...
... conduct . But we cannot disguise from ourselves , that a large portion of his countrymen still think it un- justifiable . The civil war , indeed , has been more discussed , and is less understood , than any event in English history ...
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... conduct of Charles , from his ac- cession to the meeting of the Long Parliament , had been a continued course of oppression and treachery . Let those who applaud the Revolution and condemn the rebellion , mention one act of James II ...
... conduct of Charles , from his ac- cession to the meeting of the Long Parliament , had been a continued course of oppression and treachery . Let those who applaud the Revolution and condemn the rebellion , mention one act of James II ...
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... conduct in the most important of all hu- man relations . And if in that relation we find him to have been selfish , cruel , and deceitful , we shall take the liberty to call him a bad man , in spite of all his temperance at table , and ...
... conduct in the most important of all hu- man relations . And if in that relation we find him to have been selfish , cruel , and deceitful , we shall take the liberty to call him a bad man , in spite of all his temperance at table , and ...
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