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... manner , we have not aimed at anything beyond a conver- sational style , which has no pretension to challenge comparison with a professed author . Independently of this consideration , we may , perhaps , be per- mitted to state that our ...
... manner , we have not aimed at anything beyond a conver- sational style , which has no pretension to challenge comparison with a professed author . Independently of this consideration , we may , perhaps , be per- mitted to state that our ...
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... manner , an apparent union of many qualities may exist without producing the great poet or novelist ; on the other hand , we sometimes observe a writer who wilfully avoids the true path , or else clouds over his course by a peculiarity ...
... manner , an apparent union of many qualities may exist without producing the great poet or novelist ; on the other hand , we sometimes observe a writer who wilfully avoids the true path , or else clouds over his course by a peculiarity ...
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... manner , God is the spectre of the Brocken , depending upon various accidents of the elements . It was a favorite remark of Coleridge , that if any man would faithfully and clearly write down his definition of the Supreme Being , he ...
... manner , God is the spectre of the Brocken , depending upon various accidents of the elements . It was a favorite remark of Coleridge , that if any man would faithfully and clearly write down his definition of the Supreme Being , he ...
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... manner in which they had been blasted by the unjust and selfish policy of the state , his different efforts to procure the release of his grandson , and his bold expedients at the regatta , and the fancied nuptials with the Adriatic ...
... manner in which they had been blasted by the unjust and selfish policy of the state , his different efforts to procure the release of his grandson , and his bold expedients at the regatta , and the fancied nuptials with the Adriatic ...
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... manner to inspire respect , and to awaken powerful sympathy in him who heard it . " And these feelings thou didst indulge against the honored and powerful of Venice ! ' demanded the monk , affecting a severity he could not feel ...
... manner to inspire respect , and to awaken powerful sympathy in him who heard it . " And these feelings thou didst indulge against the honored and powerful of Venice ! ' demanded the monk , affecting a severity he could not feel ...
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