Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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... importance of Chateaubriand's Genius of Christianity, we must recollect the period when it was published, the character of the works it was intended to combat, and the state of society in which it was destined to appear. For half a ...
... importance of Chateaubriand's Genius of Christianity, we must recollect the period when it was published, the character of the works it was intended to combat, and the state of society in which it was destined to appear. For half a ...
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... important . To consider Christianity in its relation with human society ; to trace the changes which it has effected in the reason and the passions of man ; to show how it has modified the genius of arts and of letters , moulded the ...
... important . To consider Christianity in its relation with human society ; to trace the changes which it has effected in the reason and the passions of man ; to show how it has modified the genius of arts and of letters , moulded the ...
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... importance , no doubt , that there should exist works on the Christian faith , in which the arguments of the sceptic should be combated , and to which the Christian disciple might refer with confidence for a refutation of the objections ...
... importance , no doubt , that there should exist works on the Christian faith , in which the arguments of the sceptic should be combated , and to which the Christian disciple might refer with confidence for a refutation of the objections ...
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... important points , to be met with in writers of a superior Chateaubriand is a faithful , and in some respects , perhaps , a bigoted Catholic ; yet there is hardly a word here , or in any other part of his writings on religion , to which ...
... important points , to be met with in writers of a superior Chateaubriand is a faithful , and in some respects , perhaps , a bigoted Catholic ; yet there is hardly a word here , or in any other part of his writings on religion , to which ...
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... important an element in the poetry and romance of modern Europe . It was not the imaginative flame feeding on hope , nursed by smiles , transcendant in enjoyment , but a furious mania , resembling 62 VIRGIL , TASSO , AND RAPHAEL .
... important an element in the poetry and romance of modern Europe . It was not the imaginative flame feeding on hope , nursed by smiles , transcendant in enjoyment , but a furious mania , resembling 62 VIRGIL , TASSO , AND RAPHAEL .
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Sivu 350 - Nearer to the beach, the tide rippled onward in waves of sparkling silver, that imperceptibly, yet rapidly, gained upon the sand. With a mind employed in admiration of the romantic scene, or perhaps on some more agitating topic, Miss Wardour advanced in silence by her father's side, whose recently offended dignity did not stoop to open any conversation. Following the windings of the beach, they passed one projecting point or headland of rock after another, and now found themselves under a huge and...