Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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... from slips of the pen . These volumes contain the Reviews which have been reprinted in the United States , with a very few exceptions , which the most partial reader will not regret . The author has been strongly urged to insert.
... from slips of the pen . These volumes contain the Reviews which have been reprinted in the United States , with a very few exceptions , which the most partial reader will not regret . The author has been strongly urged to insert.
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... reading them over . What he has com- posed thus rapidly has often been as rapidly printed . His object has been that every Essay should now appear as it probably would have appeared when it was first published , if he had then been ...
... reading them over . What he has com- posed thus rapidly has often been as rapidly printed . His object has been that every Essay should now appear as it probably would have appeared when it was first published , if he had then been ...
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... reader , acquainted with the history of his life , ought to be much startled at the latter . The opinions which he has expressed respecting the nature of the Deity , the eternity of matter , and the observation of the Sabbath , might ...
... reader , acquainted with the history of his life , ought to be much startled at the latter . The opinions which he has expressed respecting the nature of the Deity , the eternity of matter , and the observation of the Sabbath , might ...
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... readers blame us if , on an occasion like the present , we turn for a short time from the topics of the day , to commemorate , in all love and reverence , the genius and virtues of John Milton , the poet , the statesman , the ...
... readers blame us if , on an occasion like the present , we turn for a short time from the topics of the day , to commemorate , in all love and reverence , the genius and virtues of John Milton , the poet , the statesman , the ...
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... readers almost miraculous . Such feelings are very rare in a civilised community , and most rare among those who participate most in its improve- ments . They linger longest among the peasantry . Poetry produces an illusion on the eye ...
... readers almost miraculous . Such feelings are very rare in a civilised community , and most rare among those who participate most in its improve- ments . They linger longest among the peasantry . Poetry produces an illusion on the eye ...
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