Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 páginas |
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... reason to believe , that a collected edition of them would be received with favour by the American public . It has been his aim to pre- sent them in a form worthy of the high merit of their contents . Mr. Macaulay has not been ...
... reason to believe , that a collected edition of them would be received with favour by the American public . It has been his aim to pre- sent them in a form worthy of the high merit of their contents . Mr. Macaulay has not been ...
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... reason from the pro- gress of the experimental sciences to that of the imitative arts . The improvement of the former is gradual and slow . Ages are spent in collecting materials , ages more in sepa rating and combining them . Even when ...
... reason from the pro- gress of the experimental sciences to that of the imitative arts . The improvement of the former is gradual and slow . Ages are spent in collecting materials , ages more in sepa rating and combining them . Even when ...
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... reason about it only by symbols . We use the word , but we have no image of the thing : and the business of poetry is with images , and not with words . The poet uses words indeed ; but they are merely the instruments of his art , not ...
... reason about it only by symbols . We use the word , but we have no image of the thing : and the business of poetry is with images , and not with words . The poet uses words indeed ; but they are merely the instruments of his art , not ...
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... reason and prejudice . That great battle was fought for no single generation , for no single land . The destinies of the human race were staked on the same east with the freedom of the English people . Then were first proclaimed those ...
... reason and prejudice . That great battle was fought for no single generation , for no single land . The destinies of the human race were staked on the same east with the freedom of the English people . Then were first proclaimed those ...
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... reason , which can be urged in favour of the Revolution of 1688 , may be urged with at least equal force in favour of what is called the Great Rebellion . In one respect only , we think , can the warmest admirers of Charles venture to ...
... reason , which can be urged in favour of the Revolution of 1688 , may be urged with at least equal force in favour of what is called the Great Rebellion . In one respect only , we think , can the warmest admirers of Charles venture to ...
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