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... words and actions are our own . If his pages were as full of wisdom as ours are free from cavil , the visage without his book , would not be regarded as a mask , whose brains we vainly seek within ; and the Review might yet hope to ...
... words and actions are our own . If his pages were as full of wisdom as ours are free from cavil , the visage without his book , would not be regarded as a mask , whose brains we vainly seek within ; and the Review might yet hope to ...
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... urgent circumstances , I had taken upon myself to write a few prefatory and explanatory words for my country woman's book . It was impossible to avoid some allusion to your 4 pamphlet ; and I made such reference as seemed.
... urgent circumstances , I had taken upon myself to write a few prefatory and explanatory words for my country woman's book . It was impossible to avoid some allusion to your 4 pamphlet ; and I made such reference as seemed.
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... word , as he carries a bold and pregnant fancy into the kingdom of nature , on the other hand , he carries nature into the regions of fancy , which lie beyond the confines of reality . We are lost in astonishment at the close intimacy ...
... word , as he carries a bold and pregnant fancy into the kingdom of nature , on the other hand , he carries nature into the regions of fancy , which lie beyond the confines of reality . We are lost in astonishment at the close intimacy ...
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... words in reference to Bacon . Writing of the able men of his day , he says : - " Sir Henry Saville , grave and truly lettered ; Sir Edwin Sandys , ex- cellent in both ; Lord Egerton , a grave and great orator , and best when he was ...
... words in reference to Bacon . Writing of the able men of his day , he says : - " Sir Henry Saville , grave and truly lettered ; Sir Edwin Sandys , ex- cellent in both ; Lord Egerton , a grave and great orator , and best when he was ...
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... words delivered with great correctness of tone and emphasis , so that it would be impossible to say that they were badly delivered ; yet we feel that there is just that deficiency , which , when we hear Holy Scripture read under similar ...
... words delivered with great correctness of tone and emphasis , so that it would be impossible to say that they were badly delivered ; yet we feel that there is just that deficiency , which , when we hear Holy Scripture read under similar ...
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