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... nature . Such a prince as our Henry the Fifth would have been the idol of the North . The follies of his youth , the selfish and desolating ambi- tion of his manhood , the Lollards roasted at slow fires , the prisoners massacred on the ...
... nature . Such a prince as our Henry the Fifth would have been the idol of the North . The follies of his youth , the selfish and desolating ambi- tion of his manhood , the Lollards roasted at slow fires , the prisoners massacred on the ...
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... nature . On the contrary , immutable . where no political object was at stake , his dis- In this respect no history ... natural and the moral sublime , for connection with each other ; who never hesi- every graceful and every lofty ...
... nature . On the contrary , immutable . where no political object was at stake , his dis- In this respect no history ... natural and the moral sublime , for connection with each other ; who never hesi- every graceful and every lofty ...
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... Nature . " Nicias is , as Thersites says of Patroclus , a fool positive . His mind is occupied by no strong feeling ; it takes every character , and retains none ; its aspect is diversified , not by passions , but by faint and ...
... Nature . " Nicias is , as Thersites says of Patroclus , a fool positive . His mind is occupied by no strong feeling ; it takes every character , and retains none ; its aspect is diversified , not by passions , but by faint and ...
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... nature in the claims of public duty , who looked with disdain on the elephants and on the gold of Pyrrhus , and listened with unaltered compo- sure to the tremendous tidings of Cannæ . Like an ancient temple deformed by the barbarous ...
... nature in the claims of public duty , who looked with disdain on the elephants and on the gold of Pyrrhus , and listened with unaltered compo- sure to the tremendous tidings of Cannæ . Like an ancient temple deformed by the barbarous ...
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... nature in the niceties of upholstery , millinery , and cookery . considered as his best , are in blank verse . No experiment can be more decisive . • It must be allowed , that the worst even of the rhyming tragedies contains good ...
... nature in the niceties of upholstery , millinery , and cookery . considered as his best , are in blank verse . No experiment can be more decisive . • It must be allowed , that the worst even of the rhyming tragedies contains good ...
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