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Throughout the volume are discernible the traces of a powerful and independent mind , emancipated from the influ- ence of authority , and devoted to the search of truth . He professes to form his system from the Bible alone ; and his ...
Throughout the volume are discernible the traces of a powerful and independent mind , emancipated from the influ- ence of authority , and devoted to the search of truth . He professes to form his system from the Bible alone ; and his ...
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Perhaps no man can be a poet , or can even enjoy poetry , without a certain unsoundness of mind , if any thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean , not of course all writing in verse ...
Perhaps no man can be a poet , or can even enjoy poetry , without a certain unsoundness of mind , if any thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean , not of course all writing in verse ...
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Poetry produces an illusion on the eye of the mind , as a magic lantern produces an illusion on the eye of the body . And , as a magic lantern acts best in a dark room , poetry effects its purpose most completely in a dark age .
Poetry produces an illusion on the eye of the mind , as a magic lantern produces an illusion on the eye of the body . And , as a magic lantern acts best in a dark room , poetry effects its purpose most completely in a dark age .
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He must take to pieces the whole web of his mind . He must unlearn much of that knowledge which has perhaps constituted hitherto his chief title of superiority . His very talents will be a hinderance to him . His difficulties will be ...
He must take to pieces the whole web of his mind . He must unlearn much of that knowledge which has perhaps constituted hitherto his chief title of superiority . His very talents will be a hinderance to him . His difficulties will be ...
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They re- mind us of the amusements of those angelic warriors who composed the cohort of Gabriel : " About him exercised heroic games The unarmed youth of heaven . But o'er their heads Celestial armory , shield , helm , and spear ...
They re- mind us of the amusements of those angelic warriors who composed the cohort of Gabriel : " About him exercised heroic games The unarmed youth of heaven . But o'er their heads Celestial armory , shield , helm , and spear ...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Vista completa - 1843 |
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