The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay: Contributions to Knight's quarterly magazine. Contributions to the Edinburgh reviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 |
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... character of his opponents , has given too much countenance to the abuse and con- fusion of language exemplified in the well - known verse of Pope , ' Modes of self - love the Passions we may call . ' ― ' We know , ' says he , ' no ...
... character of his opponents , has given too much countenance to the abuse and con- fusion of language exemplified in the well - known verse of Pope , ' Modes of self - love the Passions we may call . ' ― ' We know , ' says he , ' no ...
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... character would be gone for that drunken boy ! No more perfumed tablets , full of vows and rap- tures ? No more toying with fingers at the Circus . No more evening walks along the Tiber . No more hiding in chests , or jumping from ...
... character would be gone for that drunken boy ! No more perfumed tablets , full of vows and rap- tures ? No more toying with fingers at the Circus . No more evening walks along the Tiber . No more hiding in chests , or jumping from ...
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... characters are respectable ; their motives , I am willing to believe , were laudable . But I feel , and it is the duty of every literary man to feel , a strong jealousy of their pro- ceedings . Their society can be innocent only while ...
... characters are respectable ; their motives , I am willing to believe , were laudable . But I feel , and it is the duty of every literary man to feel , a strong jealousy of their pro- ceedings . Their society can be innocent only while ...
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... character of an individual abstracted from the opinions which his writings inculcate . It is not to be hoped , perhaps it is not to be wished , that the feel- ings of the man should be so completely forgotten in the duties of the ...
... character of an individual abstracted from the opinions which his writings inculcate . It is not to be hoped , perhaps it is not to be wished , that the feel- ings of the man should be so completely forgotten in the duties of the ...
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... characters , opinions , are treated with " a most learned spirit of human deal- ing . " But something is still wanting . We read , and we ad- mire , and we yawn . We look in vain for the bacchanalian fury which inspired the comedy of ...
... characters , opinions , are treated with " a most learned spirit of human deal- ing . " But something is still wanting . We read , and we ad- mire , and we yawn . We look in vain for the bacchanalian fury which inspired the comedy of ...
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