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Page vii
... gave him the most fortunate opportunities . In Ireland he next saw the contrast of a people naked of the arts and indulgences of life , but exhibiting singular boldness and love of country ; a rude magnificence of thought and habit ; a ...
... gave him the most fortunate opportunities . In Ireland he next saw the contrast of a people naked of the arts and indulgences of life , but exhibiting singular boldness and love of country ; a rude magnificence of thought and habit ; a ...
Page ix
... gave himself up to the quiet obscurity of the country , without allowing us room for a sus- picion that he ever regretted his abandonment of the world . ture . No man ever seems to have been so signally un- conscious of what mighty ...
... gave himself up to the quiet obscurity of the country , without allowing us room for a sus- picion that he ever regretted his abandonment of the world . ture . No man ever seems to have been so signally un- conscious of what mighty ...
Page xi
George Croly. which let in death to his feeble friend , only gave celes- tial speed and lightness to the limbs of the chosen champion . But the true wonder is , the faculty by which Milton assimilates his diversified knowledge . and ...
George Croly. which let in death to his feeble friend , only gave celes- tial speed and lightness to the limbs of the chosen champion . But the true wonder is , the faculty by which Milton assimilates his diversified knowledge . and ...
Page xiii
... gave birth to the pride , sternness , and mis- anthrophy of his style , its love of the darker passions , and its sullen and angry views of human life . But the error was often nobly redeemed by the outbreak of a noble mind , by touches ...
... gave birth to the pride , sternness , and mis- anthrophy of his style , its love of the darker passions , and its sullen and angry views of human life . But the error was often nobly redeemed by the outbreak of a noble mind , by touches ...
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... gave not for the text a pulled hen , That saith that hunters be not holy men ; And that a Mouk , when he is reckless , Is like unto a fish that is waterless ; That is to say , a Monk out of his cloister ; This ilke text held he not ...
... gave not for the text a pulled hen , That saith that hunters be not holy men ; And that a Mouk , when he is reckless , Is like unto a fish that is waterless ; That is to say , a Monk out of his cloister ; This ilke text held he not ...
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