The Retrospective Review.., Volume 2Henry Southern Charles and Henry Baldwyn, Newgate Street., 1820 |
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... observing , might at length have shot out , had it not been for ever extin- guished by death , it is impossible not to feel affection and com- miseration for victims so soon led to the slaughter . Such was the fate of Sir Philip Sidney ...
... observing , might at length have shot out , had it not been for ever extin- guished by death , it is impossible not to feel affection and com- miseration for victims so soon led to the slaughter . Such was the fate of Sir Philip Sidney ...
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... observation seemed to claim all arts and sciences , as within the compass of its power and the precincts of its dominion ; with a fancy which , deli- cately beautiful and pensively sweet , overspread the emanations of his genius with an ...
... observation seemed to claim all arts and sciences , as within the compass of its power and the precincts of its dominion ; with a fancy which , deli- cately beautiful and pensively sweet , overspread the emanations of his genius with an ...
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... observe , by the way , that , in general , his prose is much superior to his poetry . There is frequently about the latter , and particularly in his sonnets , a kind of clogged and cumbrous restraint , which appears to shackle and ...
... observe , by the way , that , in general , his prose is much superior to his poetry . There is frequently about the latter , and particularly in his sonnets , a kind of clogged and cumbrous restraint , which appears to shackle and ...
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... observe the power which its author possesses of laying hold of the feelings , and exciting the interest , of his readers ; an interest , which gradually augments and heightens to the end . If this be one , as assuredly it is , of the ...
... observe the power which its author possesses of laying hold of the feelings , and exciting the interest , of his readers ; an interest , which gradually augments and heightens to the end . If this be one , as assuredly it is , of the ...
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... observe , without a secret complacency and satisfaction , the characters of the heroes and knights of romance , their resistless prowess , their patience , their constancy , their fidelity , and their love . see them going forth with ...
... observe , without a secret complacency and satisfaction , the characters of the heroes and knights of romance , their resistless prowess , their patience , their constancy , their fidelity , and their love . see them going forth with ...
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