The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary Portraits, Том 2H. Colburn, 1825 - 408 стор. |
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... less dramatic interest and intensity of purpose , is set off by a more gorgeous and flowing eloquence , and by a crown of preter- natural imagery , that waves over it like a palm- tree ! It is the beauty and the charm of Mr. Godwin's ...
... less dramatic interest and intensity of purpose , is set off by a more gorgeous and flowing eloquence , and by a crown of preter- natural imagery , that waves over it like a palm- tree ! It is the beauty and the charm of Mr. Godwin's ...
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... less of the appearance of a man of genius , than any one who has given such decided and ample proofs of it . He is ready only on reflection : dan- gerous only at the rebound . He gathers him- self up , and strains every nerve and ...
... less of the appearance of a man of genius , than any one who has given such decided and ample proofs of it . He is ready only on reflection : dan- gerous only at the rebound . He gathers him- self up , and strains every nerve and ...
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... , " and when his guest went round to his chair , he took his hand , and pressed it to his lips , saying " I can do no less for the hand that saved my life ! " careless . He is , at present , as easy 56 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
... , " and when his guest went round to his chair , he took his hand , and pressed it to his lips , saying " I can do no less for the hand that saved my life ! " careless . He is , at present , as easy 56 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
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... less volumes of a library , and says , " All these are mine : " the other points to a single volume ( perhaps it may be an immortal one ) and says , " My name is written on the back of it . " This is a puny and groveling ambition ...
... less volumes of a library , and says , " All these are mine : " the other points to a single volume ( perhaps it may be an immortal one ) and says , " My name is written on the back of it . " This is a puny and groveling ambition ...
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... less could not fix his desultory ambition ; other stimulants supplied the place , and kept up the intoxicating dream , the fever and the madness of his early impressions . Liberty ( the philoso- pher's and the poet's bride ) had fallen ...
... less could not fix his desultory ambition ; other stimulants supplied the place , and kept up the intoxicating dream , the fever and the madness of his early impressions . Liberty ( the philoso- pher's and the poet's bride ) had fallen ...
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