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... exhibit to our view those elevated sentiments and high examples , which tend to nourish in our minds public spirit , love of glory , contempt of external fortune , and admiration very thing truly great , noble , and illustrious ...
... exhibit to our view those elevated sentiments and high examples , which tend to nourish in our minds public spirit , love of glory , contempt of external fortune , and admiration very thing truly great , noble , and illustrious ...
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... exhibit . Authority or prejudice may , in one age or country , give a short lived repu- tation to an indifferent poet , or a bad artist ; but when foreigners , or posterity examine his works , his faults are discovered , and the genu ...
... exhibit . Authority or prejudice may , in one age or country , give a short lived repu- tation to an indifferent poet , or a bad artist ; but when foreigners , or posterity examine his works , his faults are discovered , and the genu ...
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... exhibit to our view those elevated sentiments and high examples , which tend to nourish in our minds public spirit , love of glory , contempt of external fortune , and admiration of every thing truly great , noble , and illustrious ...
... exhibit to our view those elevated sentiments and high examples , which tend to nourish in our minds public spirit , love of glory , contempt of external fortune , and admiration of every thing truly great , noble , and illustrious ...
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... exhibit . Authority or prejudice may , in one age or country , give a short lived repu- tation to an indifferent poet , or a bad artist ; but when foreigners , or posterity examine his works , his faults are discovered , and the genu ...
... exhibit . Authority or prejudice may , in one age or country , give a short lived repu- tation to an indifferent poet , or a bad artist ; but when foreigners , or posterity examine his works , his faults are discovered , and the genu ...
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... exhibits ; and upon his being deeply affected and anima- ted by the sublime idea which he would con- vey . If his own feeling be languid , he can never inspire his reader with any strong emo- tion . Instances , which on this subject are ...
... exhibits ; and upon his being deeply affected and anima- ted by the sublime idea which he would con- vey . If his own feeling be languid , he can never inspire his reader with any strong emo- tion . Instances , which on this subject are ...
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