Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلدات 3-4D. Appleton, 1879 |
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... tion , could not but acknowledge that he rather lectured than debated . An artist who should waste on a panorama , on a scene , or on a transparency , the exquisite finishing which we admire in some of the small Dutch interiors , would ...
... tion , could not but acknowledge that he rather lectured than debated . An artist who should waste on a panorama , on a scene , or on a transparency , the exquisite finishing which we admire in some of the small Dutch interiors , would ...
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... tion . In his most familiar talk there was no wildness , no inconsistency , no amusing nonsense , no exaggeration for the sake of momentary effect . His mind was a vast magazine , admirably arranged ; everything was there , and ...
... tion . In his most familiar talk there was no wildness , no inconsistency , no amusing nonsense , no exaggeration for the sake of momentary effect . His mind was a vast magazine , admirably arranged ; everything was there , and ...
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... tion ? This biographer may , for aught we know , have revelations from Heaven like Mr. Percival , or pure antici- pated cognitions like the disciples of Kant . But such poor creatures as Mackintosh , Dumont , and Bentham had no- thing ...
... tion ? This biographer may , for aught we know , have revelations from Heaven like Mr. Percival , or pure antici- pated cognitions like the disciples of Kant . But such poor creatures as Mackintosh , Dumont , and Bentham had no- thing ...
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... tion of religious liberty and parliamentary reform became a national movement , the great transaction of 1688 has been more dispassionately , more correctly , and less highly esti- mated . " While we transcribe the words , our anger ...
... tion of religious liberty and parliamentary reform became a national movement , the great transaction of 1688 has been more dispassionately , more correctly , and less highly esti- mated . " While we transcribe the words , our anger ...
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... tion of political philosophy . Vile abuses cluster thick round every glorious event , round every venerable name ; and this evil assuredly calls for vigorous measures of literary police . But the proper course is to abate the nuisance ...
... tion of political philosophy . Vile abuses cluster thick round every glorious event , round every venerable name ; and this evil assuredly calls for vigorous measures of literary police . But the proper course is to abate the nuisance ...
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