Essays Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3William Blackwood, 1850 |
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... nature itself . Homer , Cervantes , Shakspeare , and Scott , alone have penetrated to the deep substratum of character , which , however disguised by the varieties of climate and govern- ment , is at bottom everywhere the same ; and ...
... nature itself . Homer , Cervantes , Shakspeare , and Scott , alone have penetrated to the deep substratum of character , which , however disguised by the varieties of climate and govern- ment , is at bottom everywhere the same ; and ...
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... nature , but faithful and graphic portraits of real scenes , drawn with the eye of a poet , but the fidelity of a con- summate draughtsman . He has combined historical accuracy and romantic adventure with the interest of tragic events ...
... nature , but faithful and graphic portraits of real scenes , drawn with the eye of a poet , but the fidelity of a con- summate draughtsman . He has combined historical accuracy and romantic adventure with the interest of tragic events ...
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... nature . When our Saviour prepared himself for his temptation , his agony , and death , he retired to the wilderness of Judæa , to inhale , we may venture to believe , a holier spirit amidst its solitary scenes , and to approach to a ...
... nature . When our Saviour prepared himself for his temptation , his agony , and death , he retired to the wilderness of Judæa , to inhale , we may venture to believe , a holier spirit amidst its solitary scenes , and to approach to a ...
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... nature , whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps , And throned eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity , where forms and falls The avalanche - the thunderbolt of snow , — " Even these , the most glorious objects ...
... nature , whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps , And throned eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity , where forms and falls The avalanche - the thunderbolt of snow , — " Even these , the most glorious objects ...
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... nature : the Deity was veiled in Egypt , and the Sphynx was seated at the entrance of his temples . " - Vol . i . 13 , 14 . On the three great sacraments of the Church - Baptism , Confession , and the Communion - he makes the following ...
... nature : the Deity was veiled in Egypt , and the Sphynx was seated at the entrance of his temples . " - Vol . i . 13 , 14 . On the three great sacraments of the Church - Baptism , Confession , and the Communion - he makes the following ...
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