A Collection of One Hundred Pieces of English Literature: Fifty in Prose and Fifty in Verse : Accompanied with a Variety of Notes for the Use of the Inhabitants of the Netherlands, Volume 1Nayler en Company, 1830 |
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... truth ; not only does he transport himself to distant ages and foreign nations , and portray , in the most accurate manner — with only a few apparent violations of costume the spirit of the ancient Romans , of the French in their wars ...
... truth ; not only does he transport himself to distant ages and foreign nations , and portray , in the most accurate manner — with only a few apparent violations of costume the spirit of the ancient Romans , of the French in their wars ...
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... truth , that the Physician may enrich his observations from them , in the same manner , as from real cases . & c . - a The objection , that Shakespeare wounds our feelings by the open display of the most disgusting moral odious- ness ...
... truth , that the Physician may enrich his observations from them , in the same manner , as from real cases . & c . - a The objection , that Shakespeare wounds our feelings by the open display of the most disgusting moral odious- ness ...
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... truth and solidity . There are three poems in our tongue of the same nature , and each a mas- ter - piece in its kind the Essay on Translated Verse ; the Essay on the Art of Poetry ; and the Essay on Criticism . - ADDISON . One of ...
... truth and solidity . There are three poems in our tongue of the same nature , and each a mas- ter - piece in its kind the Essay on Translated Verse ; the Essay on the Art of Poetry ; and the Essay on Criticism . - ADDISON . One of ...
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... truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do ; Men must be taught as if you taught them not , And things unknown proposed as things forgot . & c . pronounced by every cultivator of English literature , is paid to him as he refined the ...
... truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do ; Men must be taught as if you taught them not , And things unknown proposed as things forgot . & c . pronounced by every cultivator of English literature , is paid to him as he refined the ...
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... truth , which is to be indulged with endless information ? If , in the society of saints and angels , the purest benevo lence and most cordial love is to constitute your hap- piness , where is the Heart that should enjoy this delight ...
... truth , which is to be indulged with endless information ? If , in the society of saints and angels , the purest benevo lence and most cordial love is to constitute your hap- piness , where is the Heart that should enjoy this delight ...
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