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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 century ...
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 century ...
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His best moments are with an intimate acquaintance or two , when he gossips in
a fine vein about old authors , Clarendon ' s History of the Rebellion , or Burnets
History of his own Times ; and you perceive by your hosts talk , as by the taste of
...
His best moments are with an intimate acquaintance or two , when he gossips in
a fine vein about old authors , Clarendon ' s History of the Rebellion , or Burnets
History of his own Times ; and you perceive by your hosts talk , as by the taste of
...
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Again , the doctrine of eternal punishment was one of the staple arguments with
which , everlastingly drawled out , the old school of Presbyterian divines used to
keep their audiences awake , or lull them to sleep ; but to which people of taste ...
Again , the doctrine of eternal punishment was one of the staple arguments with
which , everlastingly drawled out , the old school of Presbyterian divines used to
keep their audiences awake , or lull them to sleep ; but to which people of taste ...
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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 . His mind ( so to speak ) had ...
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 . His mind ( so to speak ) had ...
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There was something meretricious in Sir Walter ' s ballad . rhymes ; and like
those who keep opera figurantes , we were willing to have our admiration shared
, and our taste confirmed by the town : * No ! For we met with a young lady who
kept ...
There was something meretricious in Sir Walter ' s ballad . rhymes ; and like
those who keep opera figurantes , we were willing to have our admiration shared
, and our taste confirmed by the town : * No ! For we met with a young lady who
kept ...
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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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