Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1890 |
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... ment , and that , in consequence of a general seizure of his papers , this work may have been brought to the office in which it has been found . But whatever the adventures of the manuscript may have been , no doubt can exist that it is ...
... ment , and that , in consequence of a general seizure of his papers , this work may have been brought to the office in which it has been found . But whatever the adventures of the manuscript may have been , no doubt can exist that it is ...
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... ment , a lock of his hair , or a drop of his blood . On the same principle , we intend to take advantage of the late interesting discovery , and , while this memo- rial of a great and good man is still in the hands of all , to say ...
... ment , a lock of his hair , or a drop of his blood . On the same principle , we intend to take advantage of the late interesting discovery , and , while this memo- rial of a great and good man is still in the hands of all , to say ...
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... ment , with all the pure and quiet affection of an English fireside . His poetry reminds us of the mi- racles of Alpine scenery . Nooks and dells , beauti- ful as fairy land , are embosomed in its most rugged and gigantic elevations ...
... ment , with all the pure and quiet affection of an English fireside . His poetry reminds us of the mi- racles of Alpine scenery . Nooks and dells , beauti- ful as fairy land , are embosomed in its most rugged and gigantic elevations ...
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... ment is good ; but it breaks off at the most in- teresting crisis of the struggle . The performance of Ludlow is foolish and violent ; and most of the later writers who have espoused the same cause , Oldmixon for instance , and ...
... ment is good ; but it breaks off at the most in- teresting crisis of the struggle . The performance of Ludlow is foolish and violent ; and most of the later writers who have espoused the same cause , Oldmixon for instance , and ...
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... ment had prohibited free discussion ; it had done its best to keep the people unacquainted with their duties and their rights . The retribution was just and natural . If our rulers suffered from popular igno- rance , it was because they ...
... ment had prohibited free discussion ; it had done its best to keep the people unacquainted with their duties and their rights . The retribution was just and natural . If our rulers suffered from popular igno- rance , it was because they ...
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