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Though pursuing the same pure and ennobling career, though gifted with the
same ardent imagination, and steeped in the same fountains of ancient lore, no
two writers were ever more different than Chateaubriand and Sir Walter Scott.
Though pursuing the same pure and ennobling career, though gifted with the
same ardent imagination, and steeped in the same fountains of ancient lore, no
two writers were ever more different than Chateaubriand and Sir Walter Scott.
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fession caused to be made in Catholic countries' According to Voltaire, '
Confession is an admirable invention, a bridle to crime, discovered in the most
remote antiquity, for confession was recognised in the celebration of all the
ancient ...
fession caused to be made in Catholic countries' According to Voltaire, '
Confession is an admirable invention, a bridle to crime, discovered in the most
remote antiquity, for confession was recognised in the celebration of all the
ancient ...
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“Had the world not arisen at once young and old, the grand, the serious, the
impressive would have disappeared from nature; for all these sentiments depend
for their very essence on ancient things. The marvels of existence would have
been ...
“Had the world not arisen at once young and old, the grand, the serious, the
impressive would have disappeared from nature; for all these sentiments depend
for their very essence on ancient things. The marvels of existence would have
been ...
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The ancient naturalists, and the poets, to whom we are indebted for the few
remains of simplicity which still linger amongst us, show us how marvellous was
that manner of counting by the changes of nature, and what a charm it spread
over the ...
The ancient naturalists, and the poets, to whom we are indebted for the few
remains of simplicity which still linger amongst us, show us how marvellous was
that manner of counting by the changes of nature, and what a charm it spread
over the ...
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ancient. cradle. of. taste. and. genius,. he. gives. the. following. beautiful.
description. :“Overwhelmed. with fatigue, I slept for some time without interruption
, when I was at length awakened by the sound of Turkish music, proceeding from
the ...
ancient. cradle. of. taste. and. genius,. he. gives. the. following. beautiful.
description. :“Overwhelmed. with fatigue, I slept for some time without interruption
, when I was at length awakened by the sound of Turkish music, proceeding from
the ...
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| Otsikko | Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3 Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Archibald Alison |
| Kirjoittaja | Archibald Alison |
| Kustantaja | W. Blackwood, 1850 |
| Alkuperäisteoksen sijainti | Kalifornian yliopisto |
| Digitoitu | 18. lokakuu 2007 |
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