Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلدات 1-2Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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الصفحة ix
... taste for general literature . In 1819 he gained the chancellor's medal for a poem on the subject of Pompeii , and in 1821 the same prize for one on Evening . For these , and for all composi- tions of the kind , he afterwards professed ...
... taste for general literature . In 1819 he gained the chancellor's medal for a poem on the subject of Pompeii , and in 1821 the same prize for one on Evening . For these , and for all composi- tions of the kind , he afterwards professed ...
الصفحة xiv
... taste , imper- tinences of statement , and errors of theory , few articles which had ever before appeared in a British journal contained so much solid matter in so compact and readable a form . If it did not touch the depths of the ...
... taste , imper- tinences of statement , and errors of theory , few articles which had ever before appeared in a British journal contained so much solid matter in so compact and readable a form . If it did not touch the depths of the ...
الصفحة xxii
... tastes . " In regard to the expenses of the elec- tion , he makes one condition which may surprise those American readers , who suppose that none but English politicians who are corrupt , pay money to get into Par- liament . " I cannot ...
... tastes . " In regard to the expenses of the elec- tion , he makes one condition which may surprise those American readers , who suppose that none but English politicians who are corrupt , pay money to get into Par- liament . " I cannot ...
الصفحة xxxi
... taste for character that was morally tainted , in order that he might exercise on its condemnation the rich resources of his scorn and in- vective . His progress through a tract of history was marked by the erection of the gallows , the ...
... taste for character that was morally tainted , in order that he might exercise on its condemnation the rich resources of his scorn and in- vective . His progress through a tract of history was marked by the erection of the gallows , the ...
الصفحة 4
... taste of his dress , and the ease of his fashion- able stagger . " Good Heaven ! " said Ligarius , " Caius Cæsar is as unlikely to be in a plot as I am . " " Not at all . " " He does nothing but game , feast , intrigue , read Greek ...
... taste of his dress , and the ease of his fashion- able stagger . " Good Heaven ! " said Ligarius , " Caius Cæsar is as unlikely to be in a plot as I am . " " Not at all . " " He does nothing but game , feast , intrigue , read Greek ...
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