Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلدات 1-2Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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... half the year , be at leis- ure for other pursuits to which I am more inclined , and for which I am perhaps better fitted ; and I should be able to complete an extensive literary work which I have BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MACAULAY . xxi.
... half the year , be at leis- ure for other pursuits to which I am more inclined , and for which I am perhaps better fitted ; and I should be able to complete an extensive literary work which I have BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MACAULAY . xxi.
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... better than poison , and intreated permission to resign the office of deciding between such detestable potions . “ In the name of Belus , how can this have hap- pened ? " said the king . Merolchazzar , the high - priest , muttered ...
... better than poison , and intreated permission to resign the office of deciding between such detestable potions . “ In the name of Belus , how can this have hap- pened ? " said the king . Merolchazzar , the high - priest , muttered ...
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... better ; I should say , so much the worse . That cursed Sicilian expedition ! And you were one of the young fools who stood clapping and shouting while he was gulling the rabble , and who drowned poor Nicias's voice with your uproar ...
... better ; I should say , so much the worse . That cursed Sicilian expedition ! And you were one of the young fools who stood clapping and shouting while he was gulling the rabble , and who drowned poor Nicias's voice with your uproar ...
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... better thou belong not to the dawn , Sure pledge of day , that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet . " MILTON . In a review of Italian literature , Dante has a double claim to precedency . He was the earliest and the ...
... better thou belong not to the dawn , Sure pledge of day , that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet . " MILTON . In a review of Italian literature , Dante has a double claim to precedency . He was the earliest and the ...
الصفحة 68
... better than grotesque , where Milton has since taught us to expect sublimity . " It is true that Dante has never shrunk from embodying his conceptions in detern.inate words , that he has even given measures and numbers , where Milton ...
... better than grotesque , where Milton has since taught us to expect sublimity . " It is true that Dante has never shrunk from embodying his conceptions in detern.inate words , that he has even given measures and numbers , where Milton ...
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