The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary Portraits |
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His name is little known in England , better in Europe , best of all in the plains of
Chili and the mines of Mexico . He has offered constitutions for the New World ,
and legislated for future times . The people of Westminster , where he lives ,
hardly ...
His name is little known in England , better in Europe , best of all in the plains of
Chili and the mines of Mexico . He has offered constitutions for the New World ,
and legislated for future times . The people of Westminster , where he lives ,
hardly ...
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Clownish ignorance may indeed be dispelled , and taught better ; but it is seldom
that a criminal is not aware of the consequences of his act , or has not made up
his mind to the alternative . They are , in general , too knowing by half . You tell a
...
Clownish ignorance may indeed be dispelled , and taught better ; but it is seldom
that a criminal is not aware of the consequences of his act , or has not made up
his mind to the alternative . They are , in general , too knowing by half . You tell a
...
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... the author of having trampled on the common feelings and prejudices of
mankind in wantonness or insult , or without wishing to substitute something
better ( and only unattainable , because it is better ) in their stead , accuse him
wrongfully .
... the author of having trampled on the common feelings and prejudices of
mankind in wantonness or insult , or without wishing to substitute something
better ( and only unattainable , because it is better ) in their stead , accuse him
wrongfully .
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... are forged out of his own thoughts , link by link , blow for blow , with glowing
enthusiasm : we see the genuine ore melted in the furnace of fervid feeling , and
moulded into stately and ideal forms ; and this is so far better than peeping into
an ...
... are forged out of his own thoughts , link by link , blow for blow , with glowing
enthusiasm : we see the genuine ore melted in the furnace of fervid feeling , and
moulded into stately and ideal forms ; and this is so far better than peeping into
an ...
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He is not one of those who do not grow wiser with opportunity and reflection : he
changes his opinions , and changes them for the better . The alteration of his
taste in poetry , from an exclusive admiration of the age of Queen Anne to an
almost ...
He is not one of those who do not grow wiser with opportunity and reflection : he
changes his opinions , and changes them for the better . The alteration of his
taste in poetry , from an exclusive admiration of the age of Queen Anne to an
almost ...
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