Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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Sivu 55
... least they are not so similar to what is elsewhere seen in the world , and therefore they will never make the general impression which the heroes of the Iliad have done . But they are more refined , they are more exalted ; and if less ...
... least they are not so similar to what is elsewhere seen in the world , and therefore they will never make the general impression which the heroes of the Iliad have done . But they are more refined , they are more exalted ; and if less ...
Sivu 56
... least , have approached perfection . If we cannot discern the beauties , the conclusion to be drawn is , that our taste is defective , rather than that so many ages and generations have concurred in lavishing their admiration on an ...
... least , have approached perfection . If we cannot discern the beauties , the conclusion to be drawn is , that our taste is defective , rather than that so many ages and generations have concurred in lavishing their admiration on an ...
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... least part of his merit to be found in the admirable skill with which he has condensed , each in two volumes , his great histories , for the benefit of that numerous class of readers who , unable or unwilling to face the formidable ...
... least part of his merit to be found in the admirable skill with which he has condensed , each in two volumes , his great histories , for the benefit of that numerous class of readers who , unable or unwilling to face the formidable ...
Sivu 90
... least satisfactory accounts . Beyond all doubt , the overthrow of Rome by the Goths was the most momentous catastrophe which has occurred on the earth since the deluge ; yet , if we examine either the histo- torians of antiquity or the ...
... least satisfactory accounts . Beyond all doubt , the overthrow of Rome by the Goths was the most momentous catastrophe which has occurred on the earth since the deluge ; yet , if we examine either the histo- torians of antiquity or the ...
Sivu 92
... least , to the bottom of the subject , and lifted up the veil from one of the darkest and yet most momentous changes in the history of mankind . Guizot gives the following account of the principal causes which silently undermined the ...
... least , to the bottom of the subject , and lifted up the veil from one of the darkest and yet most momentous changes in the history of mankind . Guizot gives the following account of the principal causes which silently undermined the ...
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