The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Том 71A. Constable, 1840 |
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... reader ought not to be sent to any other quarter . The work is not , however , without value ; for it contains some ... readers to judge whether this is a just opinion ; but before proceeding further , we shall make one or two general ...
... reader ought not to be sent to any other quarter . The work is not , however , without value ; for it contains some ... readers to judge whether this is a just opinion ; but before proceeding further , we shall make one or two general ...
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... readers of history ; and it presents to the imagination a picture so pleasing , and so much in harmony with the characters of both , as to beget a strong reluctance to doubt its reality . But though there seems no reason either to ...
... readers of history ; and it presents to the imagination a picture so pleasing , and so much in harmony with the characters of both , as to beget a strong reluctance to doubt its reality . But though there seems no reason either to ...
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... readers with an account of the singular artifices of Do- mingo de Vera , abridged from the narrative of Father Simon ... reader will probably be startled to be told that the true Berrio was not , after all , in Raleigh's hands ; and ...
... readers with an account of the singular artifices of Do- mingo de Vera , abridged from the narrative of Father Simon ... reader will probably be startled to be told that the true Berrio was not , after all , in Raleigh's hands ; and ...
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... readers in regard to the perfidies and cruelties exhibited in ancient , particularly Roman story . In this he appears to us to stand honourably distinguished from all preceding authors ; but while he thus endeavours to moderate our ...
... readers in regard to the perfidies and cruelties exhibited in ancient , particularly Roman story . In this he appears to us to stand honourably distinguished from all preceding authors ; but while he thus endeavours to moderate our ...
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... readers of English poetry must be acquainted . We should be inclined to hold it impossible for any cultivated mind not to be struck with strong admiration of the felicitous concep- tion and beautiful imagery and expression of this truly ...
... readers of English poetry must be acquainted . We should be inclined to hold it impossible for any cultivated mind not to be struck with strong admiration of the felicitous concep- tion and beautiful imagery and expression of this truly ...
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