The National Review, Volume 10W.H. Allen, 1887 - English literature |
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... tion in the history of our poetry will scarcely be determined in our time . He is too near to ourselves , and touches too many of the temporary passions and prejudices that help to make up our life and taste , to allow his poetry to be ...
... tion in the history of our poetry will scarcely be determined in our time . He is too near to ourselves , and touches too many of the temporary passions and prejudices that help to make up our life and taste , to allow his poetry to be ...
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... tion of the Church , but repugnant to human nature , and especially so at a time when mens ' passions were violent , and their intel- lectual and moral nature but little cultivated . It is , indeed , impossible not to feel that , in ...
... tion of the Church , but repugnant to human nature , and especially so at a time when mens ' passions were violent , and their intel- lectual and moral nature but little cultivated . It is , indeed , impossible not to feel that , in ...
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... tion or stimulated competition , have diminished . But this is rudimentary , and it is really astonishing that such a question should apparently have perplexed an acute and practised thinker . P. F. WILLERT . DONATELLO , AND THE ...
... tion or stimulated competition , have diminished . But this is rudimentary , and it is really astonishing that such a question should apparently have perplexed an acute and practised thinker . P. F. WILLERT . DONATELLO , AND THE ...
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... tion of the Corn Laws wheat has been dearer in this country than it was while those laws remained on the Statute Book . Such have been the results of two of Cobden's minor predictions ; but although he doubtless attached a considerable ...
... tion of the Corn Laws wheat has been dearer in this country than it was while those laws remained on the Statute Book . Such have been the results of two of Cobden's minor predictions ; but although he doubtless attached a considerable ...
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... tion of The Scholar , the aristocratic lady each time discards her noble lover in order to bestow her hand on the plain , energetic commoner , it may be , in these cases , that , as Shakespeare has it , " the wish was father to the ...
... tion of The Scholar , the aristocratic lady each time discards her noble lover in order to bestow her hand on the plain , energetic commoner , it may be , in these cases , that , as Shakespeare has it , " the wish was father to the ...
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