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To shew how little the refinements of taste or fancy enter into our author's system , he proposed at one time to cut down these beautiful trees , to convert the garden where he had breathed the air of Truth and Heaven for near half a ...
To shew how little the refinements of taste or fancy enter into our author's system , he proposed at one time to cut down these beautiful trees , to convert the garden where he had breathed the air of Truth and Heaven for near half a ...
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Mr. Godwin also has a correct acquired taste in poetry and the drama . He relishes Donne and Ben Jonson , and recites a passage from either with an agreeable mixture of pedantry and bonhommie . He is not one of those who do not grow ...
Mr. Godwin also has a correct acquired taste in poetry and the drama . He relishes Donne and Ben Jonson , and recites a passage from either with an agreeable mixture of pedantry and bonhommie . He is not one of those who do not grow ...
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... the old school of Presbyterian divines used to keep their audiences awake , or lull them to sleep ; but to which people of taste and fashion paid little attention , as inelegant and barbarous , till Mr. Irving , with his cast - iron ...
... the old school of Presbyterian divines used to keep their audiences awake , or lull them to sleep ; but to which people of taste and fashion paid little attention , as inelegant and barbarous , till Mr. Irving , with his cast - iron ...
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no delicacy of taste , no rooted prejudices or strong attachments : his intellect was like a bow of polished steel , from which he shot sharp - pointed poisoned arrows at his friends in private , at his enemies in public .
no delicacy of taste , no rooted prejudices or strong attachments : his intellect was like a bow of polished steel , from which he shot sharp - pointed poisoned arrows at his friends in private , at his enemies in public .
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... meretricious in Sir Walter's balladrhymes ; and like those who keep opera figurantes , we were willing to have our admiration shared , and our taste confirmed by the town : but the Novels are like the betrothed of our hearts.
... meretricious in Sir Walter's balladrhymes ; and like those who keep opera figurantes , we were willing to have our admiration shared , and our taste confirmed by the town : but the Novels are like the betrothed of our hearts.
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| Назва | The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary Portraits The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary Portraits, William Hazlitt |
| Автор | William Hazlitt |
| Видання | 2 |
| Видавець | H. Colburn, 1825 |
| Оригінал із | Оксфордський університет |
| Оцифровано | 12 лип. 2007 |
| Обсяг | 408 стор. |
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