The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 |
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... Southey , part of which is ' Peace to his manes , and may he sleep As soundly as his readers did . ' During the latter half of the seventeenth century the term Ana was by no means strictly confined to records of talk , though in its ...
... Southey , part of which is ' Peace to his manes , and may he sleep As soundly as his readers did . ' During the latter half of the seventeenth century the term Ana was by no means strictly confined to records of talk , though in its ...
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... Southey . Edited by his Son - in- law John Wood Warter , B.D. , Vicar of West Tarring , Sussex . 2 vols . 8vo . London , 1856 . ' I COULD inform the dullest author , ' says Coleridge , ' how he might write an interesting book . Let him ...
... Southey . Edited by his Son - in- law John Wood Warter , B.D. , Vicar of West Tarring , Sussex . 2 vols . 8vo . London , 1856 . ' I COULD inform the dullest author , ' says Coleridge , ' how he might write an interesting book . Let him ...
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... Southey are written in pure English and a per- spicuous style , but in general they are meagre in substance and tame in compo- sition . He had not the art of setting off trifles ; and when he attempts to be viva- cious , mistakes ...
... Southey are written in pure English and a per- spicuous style , but in general they are meagre in substance and tame in compo- sition . He had not the art of setting off trifles ; and when he attempts to be viva- cious , mistakes ...
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... Southey , I have neither re- spect nor liking ; ' which draws forth from Mr. Warter this luminous note : - 6 But see ... Southey's unlicensed moods . It is a satire upon the Irish , and purports to be an ancient narrative of the second ...
... Southey , I have neither re- spect nor liking ; ' which draws forth from Mr. Warter this luminous note : - 6 But see ... Southey's unlicensed moods . It is a satire upon the Irish , and purports to be an ancient narrative of the second ...
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... Southey . His talents were great , his writings were important , his associates were many of them eminent , his life was not devoid of striking events , his ordinary habits were individual and instructive , and his conduct in every ...
... Southey . His talents were great , his writings were important , his associates were many of them eminent , his life was not devoid of striking events , his ordinary habits were individual and instructive , and his conduct in every ...
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