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He has brought back the doctrines of Calvinism in all their inveteracy , and
relaxed the inveteracy of his northern accents . He has turned religion and the
Caledonian Chapel topsy - turvy . He has held a play - book in one hand , and a
Bible in ...
He has brought back the doctrines of Calvinism in all their inveteracy , and
relaxed the inveteracy of his northern accents . He has turned religion and the
Caledonian Chapel topsy - turvy . He has held a play - book in one hand , and a
Bible in ...
Сторінка 98
He must play off his person , as Orator Henley used to dazzle his hearers with his
diamond - ring . The small frontispiece prefixed to the “ Orations ” does not serve
to convey an adequate idea of the magnitude of the man , nor of the ease and ...
He must play off his person , as Orator Henley used to dazzle his hearers with his
diamond - ring . The small frontispiece prefixed to the “ Orations ” does not serve
to convey an adequate idea of the magnitude of the man , nor of the ease and ...
Сторінка 102
He has the self - possession and masterly execution of an experienced player or
fencer , and does not seem to express his natural convictions , or to be engaged
in a mortal struggle . This greater ease and indifference is the result of vast ...
He has the self - possession and masterly execution of an experienced player or
fencer , and does not seem to express his natural convictions , or to be engaged
in a mortal struggle . This greater ease and indifference is the result of vast ...
Сторінка 106
He was also a wit , and a formidable one : yet it may be questioned whether his
wit was any thing more than an excess of his logical faculty : it did not consist in
the play of fancy , but in close and cutting combinations of the understanding .
He was also a wit , and a formidable one : yet it may be questioned whether his
wit was any thing more than an excess of his logical faculty : it did not consist in
the play of fancy , but in close and cutting combinations of the understanding .
Сторінка 116
Cross purposes , moot - points , pleas , demurrers , flaws in the indictment ,
double meanings , cases , inconsequentialities , these were the play - things , the
darlings of Mr . Tooke ' s mind ; and with these he baffled the Judge , dumb -
founded ...
Cross purposes , moot - points , pleas , demurrers , flaws in the indictment ,
double meanings , cases , inconsequentialities , these were the play - things , the
darlings of Mr . Tooke ' s mind ; and with these he baffled the Judge , dumb -
founded ...
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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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