Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and CorrectionsLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1858 |
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... persons in whom the vital power is suspended . He was discovered with Dr. Langford's Discourse lying open before him , in a state of the most profound sleep ; from which he could not , by any means , be awakened for a great length of ...
... persons in whom the vital power is suspended . He was discovered with Dr. Langford's Discourse lying open before him , in a state of the most profound sleep ; from which he could not , by any means , be awakened for a great length of ...
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... person ; but , such as I am , I am sure I have done your ' Review ' good , and contributed to bring it into notice . Such as I am , I shall be , and cannot promise to alter . Such is my opinion of the effect of my articles . I differ ...
... person ; but , such as I am , I am sure I have done your ' Review ' good , and contributed to bring it into notice . Such as I am , I shall be , and cannot promise to alter . Such is my opinion of the effect of my articles . I differ ...
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... persons indicated in this vindictive couplet are the Duchess of Somerset , the Archbishop of Canterbury , and Queen Anne . In the " Windsor Prophecy , " the Duchess is ridiculed for the redness of her hair , and upbraided as having been ...
... persons indicated in this vindictive couplet are the Duchess of Somerset , the Archbishop of Canterbury , and Queen Anne . In the " Windsor Prophecy , " the Duchess is ridiculed for the redness of her hair , and upbraided as having been ...
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... persons unpractised in the art . Dr. Johnson has been described as tearing out the heart of a book , and he seldom read one fairly through . Sydney Smith's mode of reading must have been equally quick , for we find him writing to Lady ...
... persons unpractised in the art . Dr. Johnson has been described as tearing out the heart of a book , and he seldom read one fairly through . Sydney Smith's mode of reading must have been equally quick , for we find him writing to Lady ...
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... a Xantippe , mistaking evidently the sex of that termagant person . The truth is that neither Macaulay nor Croker are like the Falls of Niagara . Macaulay is always rising instead of falling , and Croker has 46 THE REV . SYDNEY SMITH :
... a Xantippe , mistaking evidently the sex of that termagant person . The truth is that neither Macaulay nor Croker are like the Falls of Niagara . Macaulay is always rising instead of falling , and Croker has 46 THE REV . SYDNEY SMITH :
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