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Page 71
... style ; and to one charge all , even the most faultless , are exposed the offence unknown in ancient times , but the besetting sin of later days they always overdid - never knowing or feeling when they had done enough . In nothing , not ...
... style ; and to one charge all , even the most faultless , are exposed the offence unknown in ancient times , but the besetting sin of later days they always overdid - never knowing or feeling when they had done enough . In nothing , not ...
Page 95
... style in which it is written . At the same time , our own impression is , that the style is too ornate and poetical for the nature of the subject ; and that the simplicity of the incidents demanded something of a congenial simplicity ...
... style in which it is written . At the same time , our own impression is , that the style is too ornate and poetical for the nature of the subject ; and that the simplicity of the incidents demanded something of a congenial simplicity ...
Page 109
... style ' is spoken of as having been adopted , which said mixed style is , to our ear , uniformly dull - running on as much in one and the same key as the notes of a sheep - bell , or of a muffled drum . The piece is exhibited ...
... style ' is spoken of as having been adopted , which said mixed style is , to our ear , uniformly dull - running on as much in one and the same key as the notes of a sheep - bell , or of a muffled drum . The piece is exhibited ...
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