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... manner as to present a picture to the mental eye . And , if they are not so disposed , they are no more entitled to be called poetry , than a bale of canvass and a box of colours are to be called a painting . We will not take upon ...
... manner as to present a picture to the mental eye . And , if they are not so disposed , they are no more entitled to be called poetry , than a bale of canvass and a box of colours are to be called a painting . We will not take upon ...
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... manner which has ex- jurious to the cause of freedom . He whom it removed was a captive and a hostage . His heir , to whom the allegiance of every royalist was instantly transferred , was at large . The Presbyterians could never have ...
... manner which has ex- jurious to the cause of freedom . He whom it removed was a captive and a hostage . His heir , to whom the allegiance of every royalist was instantly transferred , was at large . The Presbyterians could never have ...
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... manners . We dislike the sullen gloom of their domestic habits . We acknowledge that the tone of their minds was often ... manner they sometimes found it convenient to affect , and sometimes , it is probable , imperceptibly adopted ...
... manners . We dislike the sullen gloom of their domestic habits . We acknowledge that the tone of their minds was often ... manner they sometimes found it convenient to affect , and sometimes , it is probable , imperceptibly adopted ...
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... manner of Dante , like that of every other great original poet , was suited only to his own genius , and to his own subject . The distorted and rugged diction which gives to his unearthly imagery a yet more unearthly character , and ...
... manner of Dante , like that of every other great original poet , was suited only to his own genius , and to his own subject . The distorted and rugged diction which gives to his unearthly imagery a yet more unearthly character , and ...
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... manner . Benedick and Beatrice throw being . Its peculiar simplicity gives even to Mirabel and Millamant into the shade . All the most forcible reasoning and the most bril- the good sayings of the facetious hours of Ab- solute and ...
... manner . Benedick and Beatrice throw being . Its peculiar simplicity gives even to Mirabel and Millamant into the shade . All the most forcible reasoning and the most bril- the good sayings of the facetious hours of Ab- solute and ...
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