Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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... genius and virtue most strongly appear . In vain is the Scottish bard extended on the bed of sickness , and the French patriot confined to the gloom of a dungeon ; their works remain to perpetuate their lasting sway over the minds of ...
... genius and virtue most strongly appear . In vain is the Scottish bard extended on the bed of sickness , and the French patriot confined to the gloom of a dungeon ; their works remain to perpetuate their lasting sway over the minds of ...
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... genius of Christianity by the beauties of classical learning ; inhales the spirit of ancient prophecy on the shores of the Jordan ; dreams on the banks of the Eurotas of the solitude and gloom of the American forests ; visits the Holy ...
... genius of Christianity by the beauties of classical learning ; inhales the spirit of ancient prophecy on the shores of the Jordan ; dreams on the banks of the Eurotas of the solitude and gloom of the American forests ; visits the Holy ...
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... genius which vice has seduced , are destined to decline with the interests to which they were devoted , or the passions by which they were misled . The rise of new political struggles will consign to oblivion the vast talent which was ...
... genius which vice has seduced , are destined to decline with the interests to which they were devoted , or the passions by which they were misled . The rise of new political struggles will consign to oblivion the vast talent which was ...
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... genius ; ' it is necessary to prove that it is neither barbarous , nor ridiculous , nor the enemy of arts or of genius ; and that that which is made by the pen of ridicule to appear diminutive , ignoble , in bad taste , without either ...
... genius ; ' it is necessary to prove that it is neither barbarous , nor ridiculous , nor the enemy of arts or of genius ; and that that which is made by the pen of ridicule to appear diminutive , ignoble , in bad taste , without either ...
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... Genius of Christianity was intended , you will under- stand nothing of this work . It was intended to be read by the most incre- dulous man of letters , the most volatile youth of pleasure , with the same facility as the first turns ...
... Genius of Christianity was intended , you will under- stand nothing of this work . It was intended to be read by the most incre- dulous man of letters , the most volatile youth of pleasure , with the same facility as the first turns ...
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