The Retrospective Review.., Volume 2Henry Southern Charles and Henry Baldwyn, Newgate Street., 1820 |
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... less distinguished for the strictness of their moral principles , than for their polish and ad- dress as courtiers . Of such a stamp was Sir Philip Sidney , and , such as he was , every Englishman has reason to be proud of him . He ...
... less distinguished for the strictness of their moral principles , than for their polish and ad- dress as courtiers . Of such a stamp was Sir Philip Sidney , and , such as he was , every Englishman has reason to be proud of him . He ...
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... less delightfully tinted than the covering of the yet unopened rose - bud , and which breathed over all his productions an exquisite finish and relief ; he posses- sed all the essential qualities , from whose operation the ever- lasting ...
... less delightfully tinted than the covering of the yet unopened rose - bud , and which breathed over all his productions an exquisite finish and relief ; he posses- sed all the essential qualities , from whose operation the ever- lasting ...
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... less ter- rene original , and whose pure flame of affection appears rather to have been kindled at the sacrifice or the altar , than at the grosser fires of love . In short , his forte lay in the description of beings , like himself ...
... less ter- rene original , and whose pure flame of affection appears rather to have been kindled at the sacrifice or the altar , than at the grosser fires of love . In short , his forte lay in the description of beings , like himself ...
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... less smitten with his beauty and per- ceiving his love for Philoclea , watches him with unremitting jealousy . Such is the state of things when the meeting between the two young princes takes place , and such is the account which ...
... less smitten with his beauty and per- ceiving his love for Philoclea , watches him with unremitting jealousy . Such is the state of things when the meeting between the two young princes takes place , and such is the account which ...
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... less is the heart of Philoclea enamoured ; and the following passage , in which the progress of her love is described , will per- haps more completely elucidate the peculiar style of Sidney , than whole pages of laboured analysis ...
... less is the heart of Philoclea enamoured ; and the following passage , in which the progress of her love is described , will per- haps more completely elucidate the peculiar style of Sidney , than whole pages of laboured analysis ...
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