Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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... principles . Sir Walter Scott and Chateaubriand are beyond all question , and by the consent of both nations , at the head of the literature of France and England since the Revolution ; and they will both leave names at which the latest ...
... principles . Sir Walter Scott and Chateaubriand are beyond all question , and by the consent of both nations , at the head of the literature of France and England since the Revolution ; and they will both leave names at which the latest ...
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... principles of religion . The days of Pascal and Fenelon , of Saurin and Bourdaloue , of Bossuet and Massillon , had passed away ; the splendid talent of the seventeenth century was no longer arrayed in the support of virtue ; the ...
... principles of religion . The days of Pascal and Fenelon , of Saurin and Bourdaloue , of Bossuet and Massillon , had passed away ; the splendid talent of the seventeenth century was no longer arrayed in the support of virtue ; the ...
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... principles of virtue and natural religion are unceasingly maintained , he seems to have doubted whether the Christian religion was not crumbling with the institutions of society , and speculated what faith was to be established on its ...
... principles of virtue and natural religion are unceasingly maintained , he seems to have doubted whether the Christian religion was not crumbling with the institutions of society , and speculated what faith was to be established on its ...
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... principles , this great author availed himself of every engine which fancy , expe- rience , or poetry could suggest , to sway the hearts of his readers . He knew well that he was addressing an impas- sioned and volatile generation ...
... principles , this great author availed himself of every engine which fancy , expe- rience , or poetry could suggest , to sway the hearts of his readers . He knew well that he was addressing an impas- sioned and volatile generation ...
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... may be observed in the principles of the greatest writers of the world on religion ; and while the inferior followers of their different tenets branch out into endless divisions , and indulge in sectarian 16 CHATEAUBRIAND .
... may be observed in the principles of the greatest writers of the world on religion ; and while the inferior followers of their different tenets branch out into endless divisions , and indulge in sectarian 16 CHATEAUBRIAND .
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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...