The History of English Literature: With an Outline of the Origin and Growth of the English LanguageD.Appleton & Company, 1862 - 413 páginas |
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... thing that is beyond their comprehension , either in its manner of describing facts , or in its criticisms of works , or in its incidental suggestion of critical and historical principles . But , on the other hand , having much faith in ...
... thing that is beyond their comprehension , either in its manner of describing facts , or in its criticisms of works , or in its incidental suggestion of critical and historical principles . But , on the other hand , having much faith in ...
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... things which , with receding waves like the flowing tide , still , like it , presents to the eye an unflagging and perceptible progress . The painful convulsions of infant society made way for the growing vigour of healthy though ...
... things which , with receding waves like the flowing tide , still , like it , presents to the eye an unflagging and perceptible progress . The painful convulsions of infant society made way for the growing vigour of healthy though ...
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... thing , and for a long time was an occurrence quite unheard of , for a book to be written which aimed at interesting more than one of those groups . It was another characteristic fact , that only among the books of the clergy was there ...
... thing , and for a long time was an occurrence quite unheard of , for a book to be written which aimed at interesting more than one of those groups . It was another characteristic fact , that only among the books of the clergy was there ...
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... things sacred , with no responsibility but to the Omniscient Searcher of consciences ; when we see them gaining , undismayed by many a defeat , victory after victory in the cause of constitu- tional freedom , and establishing , in ...
... things sacred , with no responsibility but to the Omniscient Searcher of consciences ; when we see them gaining , undismayed by many a defeat , victory after victory in the cause of constitu- tional freedom , and establishing , in ...
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... things , ought we to be impressed by this momentous truth . Literature has been en- dowed , by Him who rules the life and thoughts of all His intelli- gent creatures , with capacities which make it necessarily a moral power , a power ...
... things , ought we to be impressed by this momentous truth . Literature has been en- dowed , by Him who rules the life and thoughts of all His intelli- gent creatures , with capacities which make it necessarily a moral power , a power ...
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