Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1850 |
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Pagina 4
... less , and a zeal as unscrupulous , as can be found in the most ardent partisans of religious or political factions . The most decisive proofs are rejected ; the plainest rules of morality are explained away ; extensive and important ...
... less , and a zeal as unscrupulous , as can be found in the most ardent partisans of religious or political factions . The most decisive proofs are rejected ; the plainest rules of morality are explained away ; extensive and important ...
Pagina 8
... less ancient and splendid institution . Cambridge had the honour of educating those celebrated Protestant Bishops whom Oxford had the honour of burning ; and at Cambridge were formed the minds of all those statesmen to whom chiefly is ...
... less ancient and splendid institution . Cambridge had the honour of educating those celebrated Protestant Bishops whom Oxford had the honour of burning ; and at Cambridge were formed the minds of all those statesmen to whom chiefly is ...
Pagina 11
... less copious and less inge- nious , but far purer and more manly than that of the succeed- ing generation . It was the eloquence of men who had lived with the first translators of the Bible , and with the authors of the Book of Common ...
... less copious and less inge- nious , but far purer and more manly than that of the succeed- ing generation . It was the eloquence of men who had lived with the first translators of the Bible , and with the authors of the Book of Common ...
Pagina 21
... less unjust to the young barrister than his nearest kinsman had been . In his twenty - sixth year he became a bencher of his Inn ; and two years later he was appointed Lent reader . At length , in 1590 , he obtained for the first LORD ...
... less unjust to the young barrister than his nearest kinsman had been . In his twenty - sixth year he became a bencher of his Inn ; and two years later he was appointed Lent reader . At length , in 1590 , he obtained for the first LORD ...
Pagina 23
... less emptiness , less idleness , in what he uttered . No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces . His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss . He commanded where he spoke , and had his judges angry and ...
... less emptiness , less idleness , in what he uttered . No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces . His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss . He commanded where he spoke , and had his judges angry and ...
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