Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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Pagina 4
... lived in an enlightened age ; he received a finished education ; and we must therefore , if we would form a just estimate of his powers , make large deductions in consideration of these advantages . We venture to say , on the contrary ...
... lived in an enlightened age ; he received a finished education ; and we must therefore , if we would form a just estimate of his powers , make large deductions in consideration of these advantages . We venture to say , on the contrary ...
Pagina 21
... lived , nobody knows when , saw many very strange sights , and we can easily abandon ourselves to tho illusion of the romance . But when Lemuel Gulliver , surgeon , resident at Rotherhithe , tells us of pygmies and giants , flying ...
... lived , nobody knows when , saw many very strange sights , and we can easily abandon ourselves to tho illusion of the romance . But when Lemuel Gulliver , surgeon , resident at Rotherhithe , tells us of pygmies and giants , flying ...
Pagina 30
... lived at one of the most memorable eras in the history of mankind , at the very crisis of the great conflict between Oromasdes and Arimanes , liberty and despotism , reason and prejudice . That great battle was fought for no single ...
... lived at one of the most memorable eras in the history of mankind , at the very crisis of the great conflict between Oromasdes and Arimanes , liberty and despotism , reason and prejudice . That great battle was fought for no single ...
Pagina 47
... lived a few years longer , it is probable that his insti- tutions would have survived him , and that his arbi- trary practice would have died with him . His power had not been consecrated by ancient prejudices . It was upheld only by ...
... lived a few years longer , it is probable that his insti- tutions would have survived him , and that his arbi- trary practice would have died with him . His power had not been consecrated by ancient prejudices . It was upheld only by ...
Pagina 55
... lived " As ever in his great task - master's eye . " Like them , he kept his mind continually fixed on an Almighty Judge and an eternal reward . And hence he acquired their contempt of external circumstances , their fortitude , their ...
... lived " As ever in his great task - master's eye . " Like them , he kept his mind continually fixed on an Almighty Judge and an eternal reward . And hence he acquired their contempt of external circumstances , their fortitude , their ...
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