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The book , were it far more orthodox , or far more heretical than it is , would not much edify or corrupt the present generation . The men of our time are not to be converted or perverted by quartos . A few more days , and this Essay ...
The book , were it far more orthodox , or far more heretical than it is , would not much edify or corrupt the present generation . The men of our time are not to be converted or perverted by quartos . A few more days , and this Essay ...
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But they are words of enchantment ; no sooner are they pronounced than the past is present , and the distant near . New forms of beauty start at once into existence , and all the burial - places of the memory give up their dead .
But they are words of enchantment ; no sooner are they pronounced than the past is present , and the distant near . New forms of beauty start at once into existence , and all the burial - places of the memory give up their dead .
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They are the materials which he is to dispose in such a manner as to present a picture to the mental eye . And , if they are not so disposed , they are no more entitled to be called poetry , than a bale of canvass and a box of colours ...
They are the materials which he is to dispose in such a manner as to present a picture to the mental eye . And , if they are not so disposed , they are no more entitled to be called poetry , than a bale of canvass and a box of colours ...
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The principles of the Revolution have often been grossly misrepresented , and never more than in the course of the present year . There is a certain class of men , who , while they profess to hold in reverence the great names and great ...
The principles of the Revolution have often been grossly misrepresented , and never more than in the course of the present year . There is a certain class of men , who , while they profess to hold in reverence the great names and great ...
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The lords and commons present him with a bill in which the constitutional limits of his power are marked out . He hesitates ; he evades ; at last he bargains to give his assent , for five subsidies . The bill receives his solemn assent ...
The lords and commons present him with a bill in which the constitutional limits of his power are marked out . He hesitates ; he evades ; at last he bargains to give his assent , for five subsidies . The bill receives his solemn assent ...
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