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If Shak- speare had written a book on the motives of human actions , it is by no means certain that it would have been a good one . It is extremely improbable that it would have con- tained half so much able reasoning on the subject as ...
If Shak- speare had written a book on the motives of human actions , it is by no means certain that it would have been a good one . It is extremely improbable that it would have con- tained half so much able reasoning on the subject as ...
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The most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations by means of which it acts on the reader . Its effect is produced , not so much by what it expresses , as by what it suggests ; not so ...
The most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations by means of which it acts on the reader . Its effect is produced , not so much by what it expresses , as by what it suggests ; not so ...
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We are by no means insensible to the merits of this celebrated piece , to the severe dignity of the style , the graceful and pathetic solemnity of the opening speech , or the wild and barbaric melody which gives so striking an effect to ...
We are by no means insensible to the merits of this celebrated piece , to the severe dignity of the style , the graceful and pathetic solemnity of the opening speech , or the wild and barbaric melody which gives so striking an effect to ...
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English History " Their labours must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil . ” To the blessings which England has derived from the Revolution these people are utterly insensible .
English History " Their labours must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil . ” To the blessings which England has derived from the Revolution these people are utterly insensible .
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Why not pursue an end confessedly good , by peaceable and regular means ? We recur again to the analogy of the Revolution . Why was James driven from the throne ? Why was he not retained upon conditions ? He too had offered to call a ...
Why not pursue an end confessedly good , by peaceable and regular means ? We recur again to the analogy of the Revolution . Why was James driven from the throne ? Why was he not retained upon conditions ? He too had offered to call a ...
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