Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلد 1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 من الصفحات |
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... interest , tran- sient as it may be , which this work has excited . The dex- terous Capuchins never choose to preach on the life and miracles of a saint , till they have awakened the devotional feelings of their auditors , by exhibiting ...
... interest , tran- sient as it may be , which this work has excited . The dex- terous Capuchins never choose to preach on the life and miracles of a saint , till they have awakened the devotional feelings of their auditors , by exhibiting ...
الصفحة 13
... . He may refer all human actions to self- interest , like Helvetius , or he may never think about the matter at all . His creed on such subjects will no more VOL . I. - 2 influence his poetry , properly so called , than the MILTON . 13.
... . He may refer all human actions to self- interest , like Helvetius , or he may never think about the matter at all . His creed on such subjects will no more VOL . I. - 2 influence his poetry , properly so called , than the MILTON . 13.
الصفحة 26
... interest in them . They must have images . The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations to idolatry can be explained on no other principle . The first inhabitants of Greece , there is every reason to believe , worshipped ...
... interest in them . They must have images . The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations to idolatry can be explained on no other principle . The first inhabitants of Greece , there is every reason to believe , worshipped ...
الصفحة 29
... interest ; but it is not the interest which is proper to supernatural agents . We feel that we could talk with his ghosts and demons , without any emo- tions of unearthly awe . We could , like Don Juan , ask them to supper , and eat ...
... interest ; but it is not the interest which is proper to supernatural agents . We feel that we could talk with his ghosts and demons , without any emo- tions of unearthly awe . We could , like Don Juan , ask them to supper , and eat ...
الصفحة 44
... interest in his character , for we think that his sentence describes him with perfect justice as a " tyrant , a traitor , a murderer , and a public enemy ; " but because we are convinced that the measure was most injurious to the cause ...
... interest in his character , for we think that his sentence describes him with perfect justice as a " tyrant , a traitor , a murderer , and a public enemy ; " but because we are convinced that the measure was most injurious to the cause ...
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