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... appeared . But he is not always so happy in his inferences as in his citations . Some of the heterodox opinions which he avows seem to have excited considerable amazement : particularly his Arianism , and his notions on the subject of ...
... appeared . But he is not always so happy in his inferences as in his citations . Some of the heterodox opinions which he avows seem to have excited considerable amazement : particularly his Arianism , and his notions on the subject of ...
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... appeared in dark ages . On the contrary we hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age . We cannot understand why those who believe in that most orthodox article of literary ...
... appeared in dark ages . On the contrary we hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age . We cannot understand why those who believe in that most orthodox article of literary ...
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... appeared doubtful to themselves , when , after the lapse of a few years , they saw the unclean spirit whom they had cast out , return to his old haunts , with seven others fouler than himself . By the extinction of the drama , the ...
... appeared doubtful to themselves , when , after the lapse of a few years , they saw the unclean spirit whom they had cast out , return to his old haunts , with seven others fouler than himself . By the extinction of the drama , the ...
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... appeared some of his courtly panegyrics - his Annus Mirabilis , and most of his plays ; indeed , all his rhyming ... appearance of a book , a small contribution from each makes up a splendid remuneration for the author . Where literature ...
... appeared some of his courtly panegyrics - his Annus Mirabilis , and most of his plays ; indeed , all his rhyming ... appearance of a book , a small contribution from each makes up a splendid remuneration for the author . Where literature ...
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... appeared at longer in . tervals . He renounced rhyme in tragedy . His language became less turgid , his characters less exaggerated . He did not indeed produce correct representations of human nature ; but he ceased to daub such ...
... appeared at longer in . tervals . He renounced rhyme in tragedy . His language became less turgid , his characters less exaggerated . He did not indeed produce correct representations of human nature ; but he ceased to daub such ...
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