Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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Sivu 3
... less a faithful portrait of any particular age or country , than an assemblage of all that is grand , and generous , and elevated in human nature . He drinks deep of inspiration at all the fountains where it has ever been poured forth ...
... less a faithful portrait of any particular age or country , than an assemblage of all that is grand , and generous , and elevated in human nature . He drinks deep of inspiration at all the fountains where it has ever been poured forth ...
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... Less polished in his periods , less sonorous in his diction , less melodious in his rhythm , than these illustrious writers , he is incomparably more varied , rapid , and energetic ; his ideas flow in quicker succession , his words ...
... Less polished in his periods , less sonorous in his diction , less melodious in his rhythm , than these illustrious writers , he is incomparably more varied , rapid , and energetic ; his ideas flow in quicker succession , his words ...
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... less so with the virtues ; the most angelic are those which , emanating directly from the Deity , such as charity , love to withdraw themselves from all regards , as if fearful to betray their celestial origin . " If we turn to the ...
... less so with the virtues ; the most angelic are those which , emanating directly from the Deity , such as charity , love to withdraw themselves from all regards , as if fearful to betray their celestial origin . " If we turn to the ...
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... less firmly the object on which it has alighted , in proportion to the agitation , more or less violent , which it has received . Thus , when we see at the approach of night , during winter , the crows perched on the scathed summit of ...
... less firmly the object on which it has alighted , in proportion to the agitation , more or less violent , which it has received . Thus , when we see at the approach of night , during winter , the crows perched on the scathed summit of ...
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... fell on the Parthenon , pierced the roof , communicated to a few barrels of powder , and blew into the air great part of the edifice , which did less honour to the gods of antiquity than the genius of man . No sooner 28 CHATEAUBRIAND .
... fell on the Parthenon , pierced the roof , communicated to a few barrels of powder , and blew into the air great part of the edifice , which did less honour to the gods of antiquity than the genius of man . No sooner 28 CHATEAUBRIAND .
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