The Quarterly Review, 68. köideJ. Murray, 1841 |
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... period , but it cannot be the actual creation of that period - it is not , strictly speaking , creative ; if it aspired to invention , it would scarcely be popular . It clothes traditions , events , characters , popular sentiments ...
... period , but it cannot be the actual creation of that period - it is not , strictly speaking , creative ; if it aspired to invention , it would scarcely be popular . It clothes traditions , events , characters , popular sentiments ...
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... period , in which , ' along with the breaking up of the ancient forms of society , were broken up the ancient energy of thinking , the clearness of idea , and steadiness of intellectual action . This mental declension produced a servile ...
... period , in which , ' along with the breaking up of the ancient forms of society , were broken up the ancient energy of thinking , the clearness of idea , and steadiness of intellectual action . This mental declension produced a servile ...
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... period of ordinary years would have produced - infinitely more so than in a period of un- favourable years . If such periods — and such periods must in the cycle of seasons be reasonably expected - were brought into the account , the ...
... period of ordinary years would have produced - infinitely more so than in a period of un- favourable years . If such periods — and such periods must in the cycle of seasons be reasonably expected - were brought into the account , the ...
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Notes on the United States By the Right Hon | 20 |
in the British Colonies Ordered by the House | 88 |
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