Essays, Critical and MiscellaneousD. Appleton & Company, 1873 - 744 páginas |
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... readers blame us if , on an occasion like the present , we turn for a short time from the topics of the day to commemorate , in all love and reve- rence , the genius and virtues of John Milton , the poet , the statesman , the ...
... readers blame us if , on an occasion like the present , we turn for a short time from the topics of the day to commemorate , in all love and reve- rence , the genius and virtues of John Milton , the poet , the statesman , the ...
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... readers almost miraculous . Such feelings are very rare in a civilized community , and most rare among those who participate most in its improve ments . They linger longest among the pea- santry . Poetry produces an illusion on the eye ...
... readers almost miraculous . Such feelings are very rare in a civilized community , and most rare among those who participate most in its improve ments . They linger longest among the pea- santry . Poetry produces an illusion on the eye ...
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... reader of our age and country this incon- sistency is , at first , perfectly bewildering . The whole man seems to be an enigma - a gro- tesque assemblage of incongruous qualities- It is not strange that ordinary readers should ...
... reader of our age and country this incon- sistency is , at first , perfectly bewildering . The whole man seems to be an enigma - a gro- tesque assemblage of incongruous qualities- It is not strange that ordinary readers should ...
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... readers were foremost in the battle or the breach , were most willing to learn . But they are not there- far his inferiors . Even the dangers which he fore useless . How Philip disposed his troops avoided , with a caution almost ...
... readers were foremost in the battle or the breach , were most willing to learn . But they are not there- far his inferiors . Even the dangers which he fore useless . How Philip disposed his troops avoided , with a caution almost ...
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... reader sometimes a little ludi- from the single character of Falstaff without crous . Heroes and statesmen seem to ... readers to understand what we mean when we say that , in the Mandragola , Machiavelli has proved that he completely ...
... reader sometimes a little ludi- from the single character of Falstaff without crous . Heroes and statesmen seem to ... readers to understand what we mean when we say that , in the Mandragola , Machiavelli has proved that he completely ...
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Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous, Volumen1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Vista completa - 1854 |
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