Essays from "The Times.": Being a Selection from the Literary Papers which Have Appeared in that Journal, Том 1John Murray, 1871 |
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... master . How intensely dramatic is the situation ! That man is a genius ; he has written the history of the Empire ; he has had the fate of nations . oftener than once between the palms of his small hands , and there he stands , leering ...
... master . How intensely dramatic is the situation ! That man is a genius ; he has written the history of the Empire ; he has had the fate of nations . oftener than once between the palms of his small hands , and there he stands , leering ...
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... master of his mind and body . A tendency to consumption rendered it necessary for him to be moderate in his diet ; he lived upon fruit , bread , vegetables , and water Deprived of the usual enjoyments of youth , he sus- tained himself ...
... master of his mind and body . A tendency to consumption rendered it necessary for him to be moderate in his diet ; he lived upon fruit , bread , vegetables , and water Deprived of the usual enjoyments of youth , he sus- tained himself ...
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... master of Holland - house , it was necessary , we were informed , to enter " that venerable chamber in which all the antique gravity of a college library was so singularly blended with all that female grace and wit could devise to ...
... master of Holland - house , it was necessary , we were informed , to enter " that venerable chamber in which all the antique gravity of a college library was so singularly blended with all that female grace and wit could devise to ...
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... master of prose . The playful fancy , indicating itself in delicate touches ; the marvellous memory , evoking almost from the cradle the most affecting incidents of childhood ; the faculty of narrating in the simplest terms the simplest ...
... master of prose . The playful fancy , indicating itself in delicate touches ; the marvellous memory , evoking almost from the cradle the most affecting incidents of childhood ; the faculty of narrating in the simplest terms the simplest ...
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... master of Tasso , Ariosto , and Spenser , but well acquainted also , through translations , with Homer and Ovid . He was familiar with ancient history , and his acquaintance with the light literature of the day was bounded only by the ...
... master of Tasso , Ariosto , and Spenser , but well acquainted also , through translations , with Homer and Ovid . He was familiar with ancient history , and his acquaintance with the light literature of the day was bounded only by the ...
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