The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 44A. Constable, 1826 |
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... writers , and amused many idle readers . Those who think nothing useful which does not yield some palpable and direct advantage , have indeed scornfully rejected such inquiries , as frivolous and useless . But their disdain has not ...
... writers , and amused many idle readers . Those who think nothing useful which does not yield some palpable and direct advantage , have indeed scornfully rejected such inquiries , as frivolous and useless . But their disdain has not ...
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... writer of the Whole Duty of Man ? Who wrote the Letters of Junius ? Who wrote Icon Basilike ? 6 The first and most voluminous of these disputes , which was carried on as a natural contest between France , Italy , and the Netherlands ...
... writer of the Whole Duty of Man ? Who wrote the Letters of Junius ? Who wrote Icon Basilike ? 6 The first and most voluminous of these disputes , which was carried on as a natural contest between France , Italy , and the Netherlands ...
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... writer is disputed . It is a question , whether it was written by a Dean of Christ Church , or by a Baronet's lady in Worcestershire . The methodical and even systematic spirit ; the calmness approaching to coldness ; the pre- cision ...
... writer is disputed . It is a question , whether it was written by a Dean of Christ Church , or by a Baronet's lady in Worcestershire . The methodical and even systematic spirit ; the calmness approaching to coldness ; the pre- cision ...
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... writer might have received some of his information , per- haps casually ; and from whose conversation the few but strik- ing Burkisms , so much at variance with the general tenor of the style , might have overflowed into the mind of ...
... writer might have received some of his information , per- haps casually ; and from whose conversation the few but strik- ing Burkisms , so much at variance with the general tenor of the style , might have overflowed into the mind of ...
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... writer , than that he could be a great painter . There may indeed be evidence so positive as will establish the truth of the supposition which ap- peared most improbable - as has actually happened in the case of the Iron Mask . But such ...
... writer , than that he could be a great painter . There may indeed be evidence so positive as will establish the truth of the supposition which ap- peared most improbable - as has actually happened in the case of the Iron Mask . But such ...
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