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He is now gone to his final reward , full of years , and full of honors , even of those honors , which were dearest to his heart , as gratefully bestowed by that school , and still binding him to the interests of that school , in which ...
He is now gone to his final reward , full of years , and full of honors , even of those honors , which were dearest to his heart , as gratefully bestowed by that school , and still binding him to the interests of that school , in which ...
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At a very premature age , even before my fifteenth year , I had beI wildered myself in metaphysicks , and in theological controversy . Nothing else pleased me . History , and particular facts , lost all interest in my mind .
At a very premature age , even before my fifteenth year , I had beI wildered myself in metaphysicks , and in theological controversy . Nothing else pleased me . History , and particular facts , lost all interest in my mind .
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... the feelings and affections blend more easily and intimately with these ideal creations , than with the objects of the senses ; the mind is affected by thoughts , rather than by things ; and only then feels the requisite interest ...
... the feelings and affections blend more easily and intimately with these ideal creations , than with the objects of the senses ; the mind is affected by thoughts , rather than by things ; and only then feels the requisite interest ...
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The circumstances in the time of Shakspeare , which it was equally out of his power to alter , were different , and such as , in my opinion , allowed a far wider sphere , and a deeper and more . human interest . Critics are too apt to ...
The circumstances in the time of Shakspeare , which it was equally out of his power to alter , were different , and such as , in my opinion , allowed a far wider sphere , and a deeper and more . human interest . Critics are too apt to ...
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When the most vapid satires have become the objects of a keen public interest , purely from the number of contemporary characters named in the patchwork notes ( which possess , however , the comparative merit of being more poetical than ...
When the most vapid satires have become the objects of a keen public interest , purely from the number of contemporary characters named in the patchwork notes ( which possess , however , the comparative merit of being more poetical than ...
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