Lectures on English Literature: From Chaucer to TennysonJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1863 - 387 Seiten |
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... Reed , we may well believe , would have resumed his American duties with new zeal and efficiency . Not that I for one moment imagine he had become in- fected with the folly of fancying that a system of xxii INTRODUCTORY NOTICE .
... Reed , we may well believe , would have resumed his American duties with new zeal and efficiency . Not that I for one moment imagine he had become in- fected with the folly of fancying that a system of xxii INTRODUCTORY NOTICE .
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... believe it to be not only vague and inadequate , but also mischievous ; and it is well known what power of mischief there may be in a word . " Belles - lettres " -fine letters - polite litera- ture — what thought do these terms convey ...
... believe it to be not only vague and inadequate , but also mischievous ; and it is well known what power of mischief there may be in a word . " Belles - lettres " -fine letters - polite litera- ture — what thought do these terms convey ...
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... believe , -in faith , in philosophy , and in feeling . Why should our minds be perplexed with modern speculations on this subject , when we have in- spired teaching , which , in a few words , if we will but look at them , will show us ...
... believe , -in faith , in philosophy , and in feeling . Why should our minds be perplexed with modern speculations on this subject , when we have in- spired teaching , which , in a few words , if we will but look at them , will show us ...
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... believe , for women , who gain , however , the advantages of a readier sympathy and a more unquestioning faith . The man's mind reacts more on the book , sets himself more in judgment upon it , and trusts less to his feelings ; but , in ...
... believe , for women , who gain , however , the advantages of a readier sympathy and a more unquestioning faith . The man's mind reacts more on the book , sets himself more in judgment upon it , and trusts less to his feelings ; but , in ...
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... believe that they will prove perishable , because the pungency of a period , and the dazzling effects of declamation are , to Mr. Macaulay , dearer at least than faith and charity . The admirer of his Essays may think otherwise , but ...
... believe that they will prove perishable , because the pungency of a period , and the dazzling effects of declamation are , to Mr. Macaulay , dearer at least than faith and charity . The admirer of his Essays may think otherwise , but ...
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