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The following sketch is meant merely to mark some prominent features in the minds of the two Herberts , under a form less elaborate and more reverent than that of criticism . A mind of penetrating and creative power could not find a ...
The following sketch is meant merely to mark some prominent features in the minds of the two Herberts , under a form less elaborate and more reverent than that of criticism . A mind of penetrating and creative power could not find a ...
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... poor verses in which I have told , by means of various like . nesses , in an imperfect fashion , how it is with me in this matter ? Lord H. — Do so ! I shall hear them gladly ; for I , like you , though with less time and learning ...
... poor verses in which I have told , by means of various like . nesses , in an imperfect fashion , how it is with me in this matter ? Lord H. — Do so ! I shall hear them gladly ; for I , like you , though with less time and learning ...
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Owing no safety , no clearness to my position , but so far as it is attained to mine own effort , encountering what temptations , doubts and lures may beset a man , what I do possess is more surely mine , and less a prey to ...
Owing no safety , no clearness to my position , but so far as it is attained to mine own effort , encountering what temptations , doubts and lures may beset a man , what I do possess is more surely mine , and less a prey to ...
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Still his original bias infects the pupil , and this Master inalcs us thirst for Learning no less than for Life . 2d . He affords the highest exercise at once to the poetic and reflective faculties . Before us move sublime presences ...
Still his original bias infects the pupil , and this Master inalcs us thirst for Learning no less than for Life . 2d . He affords the highest exercise at once to the poetic and reflective faculties . Before us move sublime presences ...
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The darkness which I experience , less oppressive than that of the tomb , is , owing to the singular goodness of the Deity , passed amid the pursuits of literature and the cheering salutations of friendship . But if , as THE PROSE WORKS ...
The darkness which I experience , less oppressive than that of the tomb , is , owing to the singular goodness of the Deity , passed amid the pursuits of literature and the cheering salutations of friendship . But if , as THE PROSE WORKS ...
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