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Сторінка 25
... been prosecuted for the boldness and severity of some of his invectives . He
might wrap up high treason in one of his inextricable periods , and it would never
find its way into Westminster - Hall . He is a kind of Manuscript author - he writes
à ...
... been prosecuted for the boldness and severity of some of his invectives . He
might wrap up high treason in one of his inextricable periods , and it would never
find its way into Westminster - Hall . He is a kind of Manuscript author - he writes
à ...
Сторінка 41
Every man ( it was proposed — “ so ran the tenour of the bond ” ) was to be a
Regulus , a Codrus , a Cato , or a Brutus - every woman a Mother of the Gracchi .
oo It was well said , And ' tis a kind of good deed to say well . ” But heroes on
paper ...
Every man ( it was proposed — “ so ran the tenour of the bond ” ) was to be a
Regulus , a Codrus , a Cato , or a Brutus - every woman a Mother of the Gracchi .
oo It was well said , And ' tis a kind of good deed to say well . ” But heroes on
paper ...
Сторінка 74
... idea of the lofty or changeful tones of Mr . Coleridge ' s voice . In the Christobel
, there is one splendid passage on divided friendship . The Translation of Schiller
' s Wallenstein is also a masterly production in its kind , faithful and spirited .
... idea of the lofty or changeful tones of Mr . Coleridge ' s voice . In the Christobel
, there is one splendid passage on divided friendship . The Translation of Schiller
' s Wallenstein is also a masterly production in its kind , faithful and spirited .
Сторінка 107
This retort had all the effect , and produced the same surprise as the most brilliant
display of wit or fancy : yet it was only the detecting à flaw in an argument , like a
flaw in an indictment , by a kind of legal pertinacity , or rather by a rigid and ...
This retort had all the effect , and produced the same surprise as the most brilliant
display of wit or fancy : yet it was only the detecting à flaw in an argument , like a
flaw in an indictment , by a kind of legal pertinacity , or rather by a rigid and ...
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There is a web of old associations wound round language , that is a kind of veil
over its natural features ; and custom puts on the mask of ignorance . But this veil
, this mask the author of The Diversions of Purley threw aside and penetrated to ...
There is a web of old associations wound round language , that is a kind of veil
over its natural features ; and custom puts on the mask of ignorance . But this veil
, this mask the author of The Diversions of Purley threw aside and penetrated to ...
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