The National Review, Volume 2Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot Robert Theobald, 1856 - Periodicals |
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... heart like Marathon or Platea . Moreover , there is the further advantage which Coleridge sha- dowed forth in the remark we cited . Youth has a principle of consolidation . We begin with the whole . Small sciences are the labours of our ...
... heart like Marathon or Platea . Moreover , there is the further advantage which Coleridge sha- dowed forth in the remark we cited . Youth has a principle of consolidation . We begin with the whole . Small sciences are the labours of our ...
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... hearts they are greatly rejoiced . If the books had existed , they would have had to read them . Mr. Macaulay has to peruse every book printed with long f's ; and it is no use after all ; somebody will find some stupid Ms. , an old ...
... hearts they are greatly rejoiced . If the books had existed , they would have had to read them . Mr. Macaulay has to peruse every book printed with long f's ; and it is no use after all ; somebody will find some stupid Ms. , an old ...
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... heart with the power of passion , instruct the mind with patient instances of accurate wisdom . The universal is confined to a dry enumeration of superficial transactions ; no action can have all its details ; the canvas is so crowded ...
... heart with the power of passion , instruct the mind with patient instances of accurate wisdom . The universal is confined to a dry enumeration of superficial transactions ; no action can have all its details ; the canvas is so crowded ...
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... heart and nature . The old Pagan has a sympathy with the religion of enthusiasm far above the reach of the modern Epicurean . It may indeed be said , on behalf of Gibbon , that the old Ro- man character was in its decay , and that only ...
... heart and nature . The old Pagan has a sympathy with the religion of enthusiasm far above the reach of the modern Epicurean . It may indeed be said , on behalf of Gibbon , that the old Ro- man character was in its decay , and that only ...
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... heart in the language of the eyes . The wary sceptic has not even com- mitted himself to definite doubts . These celebrated chapters were in the first manuscript much longer , and were gradually reduced to their present size by excision ...
... heart in the language of the eyes . The wary sceptic has not even com- mitted himself to definite doubts . These celebrated chapters were in the first manuscript much longer , and were gradually reduced to their present size by excision ...
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