Biographical Essays and Essays on the PoetsOsgood, 1875 |
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... effect that he was illustrious in the century succeeding to his own , however much he has since become so . We shall first produce their statements in their own words , and we shall then briefly review them . · Steevens delivers his ...
... effect that he was illustrious in the century succeeding to his own , however much he has since become so . We shall first produce their statements in their own words , and we shall then briefly review them . · Steevens delivers his ...
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... effect of passionate music and deep - inwoven harmonics ' upon the feeling of an idiot , 3 may conceive what we mean . Such music does not utterly revolt the idiot ; on the contrary , iɩ has a strange but a horrid fascination for him ...
... effect of passionate music and deep - inwoven harmonics ' upon the feeling of an idiot , 3 may conceive what we mean . Such music does not utterly revolt the idiot ; on the contrary , iɩ has a strange but a horrid fascination for him ...
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Thomas De Quincey. they can be revealed only partially , and with the sad effect of throwing a baleful gleam upon his blighted condition . Do we mean , then , to compare Addison with an idiot ? Not generally , by any means . No- body can ...
Thomas De Quincey. they can be revealed only partially , and with the sad effect of throwing a baleful gleam upon his blighted condition . Do we mean , then , to compare Addison with an idiot ? Not generally , by any means . No- body can ...
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... effect , ) and during their longest suspensions , the nobility , with large retinues , continu- ally resorted to the court . But an intercourse more constant and more comprehensive was maintained through the agency of the two ...
... effect , ) and during their longest suspensions , the nobility , with large retinues , continu- ally resorted to the court . But an intercourse more constant and more comprehensive was maintained through the agency of the two ...
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... certain that the splendor of his worldly success must have done much to obliterate that effect ; nis admirable colloquial talents & good deal , and his gracious affability still more . The wonder , therefore , 30 SHAKSPEARE .
... certain that the splendor of his worldly success must have done much to obliterate that effect ; nis admirable colloquial talents & good deal , and his gracious affability still more . The wonder , therefore , 30 SHAKSPEARE .
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