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... never with complete success . The by no means insensible to the merits of this Greek drama , on the model of which the Sam - celebrated piece , to the severe dignity of the son was written , sprung from the Ode . The dialogue was ...
... never with complete success . The by no means insensible to the merits of this Greek drama , on the model of which the Sam - celebrated piece , to the severe dignity of the son was written , sprung from the Ode . The dialogue was ...
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... never shrinks from describing it . He gives us the shape , the colour , the sound , the smell , the taste : he counts the numbers ; he measures the size . His similes are the il- tion which he neglected in the Samson . He be compared ...
... never shrinks from describing it . He gives us the shape , the colour , the sound , the smell , the taste : he counts the numbers ; he measures the size . His similes are the il- tion which he neglected in the Samson . He be compared ...
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... never seems to have coveted despotic power . He at first fought sincerely and manfully for the parlia ment , and never deserted it , till it had deserted its duty . If he dissolved it by force , it was not till he found that the few ...
... never seems to have coveted despotic power . He at first fought sincerely and manfully for the parlia ment , and never deserted it , till it had deserted its duty . If he dissolved it by force , it was not till he found that the few ...
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... Never before had religious liberty and the freedom of discussion been enjoyed in a greater degree . Never had the national honour been better upheld abroad , or the seat of justice better filled at home . And it was rarely that any ...
... Never before had religious liberty and the freedom of discussion been enjoyed in a greater degree . Never had the national honour been better upheld abroad , or the seat of justice better filled at home . And it was rarely that any ...
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... never to choose un- wise means . They went through the world like Sir Artegale's iron man Talus with his flail , crushing and trampling down oppressors , mingling with human beings , but having nei- ther part nor lot in human ...
... never to choose un- wise means . They went through the world like Sir Artegale's iron man Talus with his flail , crushing and trampling down oppressors , mingling with human beings , but having nei- ther part nor lot in human ...
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