The Quarterly Review, Volume 5William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1811 |
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... of this observa- tion . For , though several of the standard classical productions might pass for absolute manuals of republicanism , we need not say VOL . V. NO . IX . 1 how many of them breathe a far different language ;
... of this observa- tion . For , though several of the standard classical productions might pass for absolute manuals of republicanism , we need not say VOL . V. NO . IX . 1 how many of them breathe a far different language ;
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... language ; and the truth is , that by much the greater number of the subjects which ordina- rily occupy the attention of the classical scholar , have no positive political aspect whatsoever . Upon this field , therefore , we should have ...
... language ; and the truth is , that by much the greater number of the subjects which ordina- rily occupy the attention of the classical scholar , have no positive political aspect whatsoever . Upon this field , therefore , we should have ...
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... language seem to be confounded together , when we hear of a rule which in every instance fails , and of an exception which is in every instance exemplified . # kingd It must always be remembered , that we are here speaking of the world ...
... language seem to be confounded together , when we hear of a rule which in every instance fails , and of an exception which is in every instance exemplified . # kingd It must always be remembered , that we are here speaking of the world ...
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... language bears a not very auspicious aspect with regard to the credibility of the history in question , according to which the deluge certainly took place not only farther back than three but than four thousand years ago , and which ...
... language bears a not very auspicious aspect with regard to the credibility of the history in question , according to which the deluge certainly took place not only farther back than three but than four thousand years ago , and which ...
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... language borne a name imply- ing inspiration , as if poetry were less the work of the author in his ordinary and unperturbed state of mind , than the effusion of a moment of enthusiasm , when the ideas are sublimed , and the ima ...
... language borne a name imply- ing inspiration , as if poetry were less the work of the author in his ordinary and unperturbed state of mind , than the effusion of a moment of enthusiasm , when the ideas are sublimed , and the ima ...
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