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... to each , why it would not have answered the same purpose ; and wherein consisted the peculiar fitness of the word in the original text . In our own English compositions ( at least for the last three years of our school education ) he 8.
... to each , why it would not have answered the same purpose ; and wherein consisted the peculiar fitness of the word in the original text . In our own English compositions ( at least for the last three years of our school education ) he 8.
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... I was above par in English versi- fication , and had already produced two or three compositions which , I may venture to say , with- out reference to my age , were somewhat above mediocrity , and which had gained me more credit , 15.
... I was above par in English versi- fication , and had already produced two or three compositions which , I may venture to say , with- out reference to my age , were somewhat above mediocrity , and which had gained me more credit , 15.
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... English understanding , which had predominated from the last century . I was not blind to the merits of this school , yet as from inexperience of the world , and conse- C quent want of sympathy with the general sub- jects of 17.
... English understanding , which had predominated from the last century . I was not blind to the merits of this school , yet as from inexperience of the world , and conse- C quent want of sympathy with the general sub- jects of 17.
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... English poets from Chaucer to Milton . Nor was this all . But as it was my constant reply to authorities brought against me from later poets of great name , that no authority could avail in opposition to TRuth , Nature , LOGIC , and the ...
... English poets from Chaucer to Milton . Nor was this all . But as it was my constant reply to authorities brought against me from later poets of great name , that no authority could avail in opposition to TRuth , Nature , LOGIC , and the ...
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... English ; in the latter , the most obvious thoughts , in language the most fantastic and arbitrary . Our faulty elder poets sacrificed the passion , and passionate flow of poetry , to the subtleties of intellect , and to the starts of ...
... English ; in the latter , the most obvious thoughts , in language the most fantastic and arbitrary . Our faulty elder poets sacrificed the passion , and passionate flow of poetry , to the subtleties of intellect , and to the starts of ...
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