Essays, Letters from AbroadMoxon, 1845 - 164 pages |
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... seem , And we the shadows of the dream : It is a modest creed , and yet Pleasant , if one considers it , To own that death itself must be , Like all the rest , a mockery . That garden sweet , that lady fair , And all sweet shapes , and ...
... seem , And we the shadows of the dream : It is a modest creed , and yet Pleasant , if one considers it , To own that death itself must be , Like all the rest , a mockery . That garden sweet , that lady fair , And all sweet shapes , and ...
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... seems to exceed that of poets in the restricted sense but it can scarcely be a question , whether , if we deduct the celebrity which their flattery of the gross opinions of the vulgar usually conciliates , together with that which ...
... seems to exceed that of poets in the restricted sense but it can scarcely be a question , whether , if we deduct the celebrity which their flattery of the gross opinions of the vulgar usually conciliates , together with that which ...
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... seem to have been perfectly saturated with the poetical element . The Romans appear to have considered the Greeks as ... seems to thicken , " and gilian age , saw man and nature in the mirror of Greece . The institutions also , and the ...
... seem to have been perfectly saturated with the poetical element . The Romans appear to have considered the Greeks as ... seems to thicken , " and gilian age , saw man and nature in the mirror of Greece . The institutions also , and the ...
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... seems to maintain a very high , though not so disproportionate a rank , in the com- parison . Perhaps Shakspeare , from the variety and comprehension of his genius , is to be considered , on the whole , as the greatest individual mind ...
... seems to maintain a very high , though not so disproportionate a rank , in the com- parison . Perhaps Shakspeare , from the variety and comprehension of his genius , is to be considered , on the whole , as the greatest individual mind ...
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... seems to be a principle in the modern world , which , should circumstances analogous to those which modelled the ... seem all written for children , with the caution that no practice or sentiment , highly inconsistent with our present ...
... seems to be a principle in the modern world , which , should circumstances analogous to those which modelled the ... seem all written for children , with the caution that no practice or sentiment , highly inconsistent with our present ...
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