The Quarterly Review, Volume 11William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1814 |
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... hand , the language of Chaucer had been that of the people of England , and of English writers , for ages ; while the first faint and imperfect articulations of that speech which Dante raised at once to perfection , are with diffi ...
... hand , the language of Chaucer had been that of the people of England , and of English writers , for ages ; while the first faint and imperfect articulations of that speech which Dante raised at once to perfection , are with diffi ...
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... hands of the Christians . With a liberality which reflects disgrace on more civilized ages , its former inhabitants ... hand , that the poetical art was the most widely diffused and cultivated among the con- quered people , so that ( to ...
... hands of the Christians . With a liberality which reflects disgrace on more civilized ages , its former inhabitants ... hand , that the poetical art was the most widely diffused and cultivated among the con- quered people , so that ( to ...
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... agreeable to me than to burn it with my own hands . In spite of the faults 6 VOL . XI . NO . XXI . B which prevail in it , and greatly exceed its beauties 1814. Ginguené and Sismondi's Literary History of Italy , & c . 17.
... agreeable to me than to burn it with my own hands . In spite of the faults 6 VOL . XI . NO . XXI . B which prevail in it , and greatly exceed its beauties 1814. Ginguené and Sismondi's Literary History of Italy , & c . 17.
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... hand , of all the gloom of northern superstition and the enthusiasm of nor- thern courage ; on the other , of all the brilliancy and voluptuousness the extravagance and caprice , and the occasional sublimity , also * Rep . Ital . see ...
... hand , of all the gloom of northern superstition and the enthusiasm of nor- thern courage ; on the other , of all the brilliancy and voluptuousness the extravagance and caprice , and the occasional sublimity , also * Rep . Ital . see ...
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... hand , and after having bro- ken on a rock his sacred Durandal that it might not fall into the power of the infidels ; even his farewell to that formidable weapon , the compan- ion and instrument of so many exploits - all these ...
... hand , and after having bro- ken on a rock his sacred Durandal that it might not fall into the power of the infidels ; even his farewell to that formidable weapon , the compan- ion and instrument of so many exploits - all these ...
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