Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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... French , of all parties , to be their first writer . His merits , however , are but little understood in this country . He is known as once a minister of Louis XVIII . , and ambassador of that monarch in London ; as the writer of many ...
... French , of all parties , to be their first writer . His merits , however , are but little understood in this country . He is known as once a minister of Louis XVIII . , and ambassador of that monarch in London ; as the writer of many ...
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... French patriot confined to the gloom of a dungeon ; their works remain to perpetuate their lasting sway over the minds of men ; and while their mortal frames are sinking Sir Walter Scott , at this period , was on his deathbed , and ...
... French patriot confined to the gloom of a dungeon ; their works remain to perpetuate their lasting sway over the minds of men ; and while their mortal frames are sinking Sir Walter Scott , at this period , was on his deathbed , and ...
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... French author , is the impassioned and enthusiastic turn of his mind . Master of immense information , thoroughly imbued at once with the learning of classical and catholic times ; gifted with a retentive memory , a poetical fancy , and ...
... French author , is the impassioned and enthusiastic turn of his mind . Master of immense information , thoroughly imbued at once with the learning of classical and catholic times ; gifted with a retentive memory , a poetical fancy , and ...
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... French nation a happy bon - mot , impiety clothed in a felicitous expression , a felix culpa , produce a greater effect than volumes of reasoning or metaphysics ? Persuade young men that an honest man can be a Chris- tian without being ...
... French nation a happy bon - mot , impiety clothed in a felicitous expression , a felix culpa , produce a greater effect than volumes of reasoning or metaphysics ? Persuade young men that an honest man can be a Chris- tian without being ...
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... French description , we willingly place the equally correct and still more thrilling lines of our own poet . " Slow sinks , more beauteous ere his race be run , Along Morea's hills the setting sun , Not as in northern clime obscurely ...
... French description , we willingly place the equally correct and still more thrilling lines of our own poet . " Slow sinks , more beauteous ere his race be run , Along Morea's hills the setting sun , Not as in northern clime obscurely ...
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