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... respect . The Italians regarded with corresponding lenity those crimes which require self - command , address , quick observation , fertile invention , and profound knowledge of human nature . Such a prince as our Henry the Fifth would ...
... respect . The Italians regarded with corresponding lenity those crimes which require self - command , address , quick observation , fertile invention , and profound knowledge of human nature . Such a prince as our Henry the Fifth would ...
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... respect the works of Shakspeare , in particular , are miracies of art . In a piece , which may be read aloud in three hours , we see a character gradually unfold all its re - disputed ascendency . A vicious ingenuity , a cesses to us ...
... respect the works of Shakspeare , in particular , are miracies of art . In a piece , which may be read aloud in three hours , we see a character gradually unfold all its re - disputed ascendency . A vicious ingenuity , a cesses to us ...
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... respect to alter the general effect . In the passage which we have quoted from Dry- den , the case is very different . Preciously and aromatic divert our whole attention to them- selves , and dissolve the image of the battle in The ...
... respect to alter the general effect . In the passage which we have quoted from Dry- den , the case is very different . Preciously and aromatic divert our whole attention to them- selves , and dissolve the image of the battle in The ...
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... mor inde pendent spirit , a more anxious desire of exce lence , and more respect for himself , v ould , in his own walk , have attained to sorte par fection HISTORY . * [ EDINBURGH REVIEW , 1828. ] To 50 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
... mor inde pendent spirit , a more anxious desire of exce lence , and more respect for himself , v ould , in his own walk , have attained to sorte par fection HISTORY . * [ EDINBURGH REVIEW , 1828. ] To 50 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
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... , what Vandyck's Lord Straf ford is among paintings . Diversity , it is said , implies error ; truth is one , and admits of no degree . We answer . In this respect no writer has ever equalled Thucydides . HISTORY . 53.
... , what Vandyck's Lord Straf ford is among paintings . Diversity , it is said , implies error ; truth is one , and admits of no degree . We answer . In this respect no writer has ever equalled Thucydides . HISTORY . 53.
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