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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... passing the barrier of the Rhine , and establishing itself at last in the regions that lie between that river , the Alps , and the Pyrenees , the nor- thern and the Mediterranean seas ; in short , between those which have of late years ...
... passing the barrier of the Rhine , and establishing itself at last in the regions that lie between that river , the Alps , and the Pyrenees , the nor- thern and the Mediterranean seas ; in short , between those which have of late years ...
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... passing into the hands of the Christians . With a liberality which reflects disgrace on more civilized ages , its former inhabitants were encouraged to remain , their religion was protected , their national customs preserved inviolate ...
... passing into the hands of the Christians . With a liberality which reflects disgrace on more civilized ages , its former inhabitants were encouraged to remain , their religion was protected , their national customs preserved inviolate ...
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... pass by ! The genius of Dante is in no respect less capable of being duly appreciated through the medium of translation than in the art which he so eminently possessed , of painting in words ; of re- presenting objects which are the ...
... pass by ! The genius of Dante is in no respect less capable of being duly appreciated through the medium of translation than in the art which he so eminently possessed , of painting in words ; of re- presenting objects which are the ...
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... passing wind , An idle blast , now this , now that way blown , And changing name with every point assign'd , & c . Our mortal fame is like the grass of hue , That comes and goes , by the same sun decay'd , From which it life , and ...
... passing wind , An idle blast , now this , now that way blown , And changing name with every point assign'd , & c . Our mortal fame is like the grass of hue , That comes and goes , by the same sun decay'd , From which it life , and ...
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... pass over the numerous other points of this able criticism ; but we cannot omit one observation which redounds to the credit of our own country . Of the many writers who have undertaken to relate Bocaccio's stories there are scarcely ...
... pass over the numerous other points of this able criticism ; but we cannot omit one observation which redounds to the credit of our own country . Of the many writers who have undertaken to relate Bocaccio's stories there are scarcely ...
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