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... called unsoundness . By poetry we mean , not of course all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our definition excludes many metrical compo- sitions which , on other grounds , deserve the highest praise . By poetry we ...
... called unsoundness . By poetry we mean , not of course all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our definition excludes many metrical compo- sitions which , on other grounds , deserve the highest praise . By poetry we ...
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... called poetry , than a bale of canvass and a box of colours are to be called a painting . Logicians may reason about abstractions ; but the great mass of mankind can never feel an interest in them . They must have images . The strong ...
... called poetry , than a bale of canvass and a box of colours are to be called a painting . Logicians may reason about abstractions ; but the great mass of mankind can never feel an interest in them . They must have images . The strong ...
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... called poetry , than a bale of canvass and a box of colours are to be called a painting . We will not take upon ourselves the invi- dious office of settling precedency between two such writers . Each in his own department is ...
... called poetry , than a bale of canvass and a box of colours are to be called a painting . We will not take upon ourselves the invi- dious office of settling precedency between two such writers . Each in his own department is ...
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... called upon Cromwell to break the secular chain , and to save free conscience from the paw of the Presbyterian wolf . With a view to the same great object , he attacked the licensing system in that sublime treatise which every statesman ...
... called upon Cromwell to break the secular chain , and to save free conscience from the paw of the Presbyterian wolf . With a view to the same great object , he attacked the licensing system in that sublime treatise which every statesman ...
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... called themselves Catholics , they had ceased to be Papists . Those spiritual arms which carried terror into the palaces and camps of the proudest sovereigns excited only their contempt . When Alexander commanded our Henry the Second to ...
... called themselves Catholics , they had ceased to be Papists . Those spiritual arms which carried terror into the palaces and camps of the proudest sovereigns excited only their contempt . When Alexander commanded our Henry the Second to ...
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