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... existence , and is a valuable specimen of the compositions in which our ancestors delighted . There were also secular plays of great antiquity performed by strolling jestours , which were discountenanced by the religious orders , and ...
... existence , and is a valuable specimen of the compositions in which our ancestors delighted . There were also secular plays of great antiquity performed by strolling jestours , which were discountenanced by the religious orders , and ...
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... existence , like Venus from the waste of waters , in all its power and proportion . It had not been nurtured with * In allusion to the character , Shakspeare makes the Duke of Gloucester say : Thus , like the formal vice , Iniquity , I ...
... existence , like Venus from the waste of waters , in all its power and proportion . It had not been nurtured with * In allusion to the character , Shakspeare makes the Duke of Gloucester say : Thus , like the formal vice , Iniquity , I ...
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... existence it had the strength of centuries . It poured into its rich treasury the highest genius and the profoundest thought , it embodied the boldest imagination with the most accurate observation . It held in its huge embrace whatever ...
... existence it had the strength of centuries . It poured into its rich treasury the highest genius and the profoundest thought , it embodied the boldest imagination with the most accurate observation . It held in its huge embrace whatever ...
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... existence , with new features and new forms . Scenes aerialized with the most delicate tints stretched far and wide ; all was sunny and spiritual . Enchantment yielded her wonders and her glowing superstitions , Imagination breathed ...
... existence , with new features and new forms . Scenes aerialized with the most delicate tints stretched far and wide ; all was sunny and spiritual . Enchantment yielded her wonders and her glowing superstitions , Imagination breathed ...
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... existence of the mental faculties , instead of forming a character . His works are full of thought and reflection ; but his thoughts are not always perspicuous , and his reflections are too abstracted . Here and there his muse in her ...
... existence of the mental faculties , instead of forming a character . His works are full of thought and reflection ; but his thoughts are not always perspicuous , and his reflections are too abstracted . Here and there his muse in her ...
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