Lives of the English Poets: In Two VolumesJ. M. Dent, 1964 - 4 pagina's |
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Pagina 17
... thing that approached to the ridiculous or absurd ; but as laws operate in civil agency not to the excite- ment of virtue , but the repression of wickedness , so judgment in the operations of intellect can hinder faults , but not ...
... thing that approached to the ridiculous or absurd ; but as laws operate in civil agency not to the excite- ment of virtue , but the repression of wickedness , so judgment in the operations of intellect can hinder faults , but not ...
Pagina 99
... thing by way of defence or vindication ; nor can we expect from your lord- ships , in this court , but the sentence which the laws require you , as judges , to pronounce against men of our calamitous condition . But we are also ...
... thing by way of defence or vindication ; nor can we expect from your lord- ships , in this court , but the sentence which the laws require you , as judges , to pronounce against men of our calamitous condition . But we are also ...
Pagina 279
... things are made familiar , and familiar things are made new . A race of aërial people , never heard of before , is ... thing is striking , and we feel all the appetite of curiosity for that from which we have a thousand times turned ...
... things are made familiar , and familiar things are made new . A race of aërial people , never heard of before , is ... thing is striking , and we feel all the appetite of curiosity for that from which we have a thousand times turned ...
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