Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 402 pagina's |
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Pagina 84
... probably have attained the highest eminence , and pro- duced a permanent and salutary effect on the national taste . This we infer , not so much from the degree , as from the kind of its excellence . There are compositions which ...
... probably have attained the highest eminence , and pro- duced a permanent and salutary effect on the national taste . This we infer , not so much from the degree , as from the kind of its excellence . There are compositions which ...
Pagina 101
... probably be ruined , he spoke no more than the truth . He spoke to men whom the tribute of vanquished cities sup- plied with food and clothing , with the luxury of the bath and the amusements of the theatre , on whom the greatness of ...
... probably be ruined , he spoke no more than the truth . He spoke to men whom the tribute of vanquished cities sup- plied with food and clothing , with the luxury of the bath and the amusements of the theatre , on whom the greatness of ...
Pagina 113
... probably was not altogether on grounds of expediency that Socrates taught his followers to honour the gods whom the state honoured , and bequeathed a cock to Esculapius with his dying breath . So there is often a portion of willing cre ...
... probably was not altogether on grounds of expediency that Socrates taught his followers to honour the gods whom the state honoured , and bequeathed a cock to Esculapius with his dying breath . So there is often a portion of willing cre ...
Pagina 114
... probably like Mr. Hallam's book more if , in- stead of pointing out with strict fidelity the bright points and the dark spots of both parties , he had exerted himself to whitewash the one and to blacken the other . But we should ...
... probably like Mr. Hallam's book more if , in- stead of pointing out with strict fidelity the bright points and the dark spots of both parties , he had exerted himself to whitewash the one and to blacken the other . But we should ...
Pagina 147
... probably end in blood . He knew that the legality of his proceedings was denied . He must have known that some of the accused members were men not likely to submit peaceably to an illegal arrest . There was every reason to expect that ...
... probably end in blood . He knew that the legality of his proceedings was denied . He must have known that some of the accused members were men not likely to submit peaceably to an illegal arrest . There was every reason to expect that ...
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