American Quarterly Review, Volume 21Carey, Lea & Carey, 1837 - Serial publications |
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... admiration has been caught altogether by surprise , and he been induced to waste his praise and his time upon sheer nonsense . 1 See American Quarterly Review , No. 39 . Notwithstanding all this , few , very few would regret 28 [ March ...
... admiration has been caught altogether by surprise , and he been induced to waste his praise and his time upon sheer nonsense . 1 See American Quarterly Review , No. 39 . Notwithstanding all this , few , very few would regret 28 [ March ...
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... admired the Greeks and the Romans ; they sought after and studied their works , but , instead of suf- fering themselves to be mastered by , they mastered them , moulded them to their will , rendering them French , and heightening their ...
... admired the Greeks and the Romans ; they sought after and studied their works , but , instead of suf- fering themselves to be mastered by , they mastered them , moulded them to their will , rendering them French , and heightening their ...
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... his leisure , as Montesquieu says of Alexander . " For him he professes extreme admiration ; and yet , from certain VOL . XXI.-NO. 41 . 6 opinions and expressions he hazards , we are inclined to 1837. ] 41 Chateaubriand's Sketches .
... his leisure , as Montesquieu says of Alexander . " For him he professes extreme admiration ; and yet , from certain VOL . XXI.-NO. 41 . 6 opinions and expressions he hazards , we are inclined to 1837. ] 41 Chateaubriand's Sketches .
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... admiring country , their splen . dour was duly acknowledged , and they have been worshipped unceasingly since . The universality of Shakspeare's talent , our author thinks , has tended to corrupt dramatic literature , and founded the ...
... admiring country , their splen . dour was duly acknowledged , and they have been worshipped unceasingly since . The universality of Shakspeare's talent , our author thinks , has tended to corrupt dramatic literature , and founded the ...
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... admiration ? In admitting all suppo- sitions , in reasoning on the truths or the errors with which the human mind is penetrated or imbued , what were to Shakspeare a renown whose echoes cannot reach him ? If a Christian , amidst eternal ...
... admiration ? In admitting all suppo- sitions , in reasoning on the truths or the errors with which the human mind is penetrated or imbued , what were to Shakspeare a renown whose echoes cannot reach him ? If a Christian , amidst eternal ...
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