Sketch of English Literature with the Lives and Works of the Chief Authors |
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... noble influence which it has ever exercised over men's minds . He then answers some of the chief objections urged by the Puritan school against poetry , criticises some of the poetry of his time , and ends with words of noble praise ...
... noble influence which it has ever exercised over men's minds . He then answers some of the chief objections urged by the Puritan school against poetry , criticises some of the poetry of his time , and ends with words of noble praise ...
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... noble letter , writ by a noble hand , and of which a noble death was the seal " ; a worthy Court lady is one who does not so much compose her face by the glass as she does her mind by God's Word , which , according to St. Paul , is the ...
... noble letter , writ by a noble hand , and of which a noble death was the seal " ; a worthy Court lady is one who does not so much compose her face by the glass as she does her mind by God's Word , which , according to St. Paul , is the ...
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... noble passages of real beauty , not only of thought , but of expression , which make us forget the obscurity and harshness of much of his work . Above all , he is a great philosophical teacher , and as such has left a strong impress ...
... noble passages of real beauty , not only of thought , but of expression , which make us forget the obscurity and harshness of much of his work . Above all , he is a great philosophical teacher , and as such has left a strong impress ...
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