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Page 25
... less elaborate and more reverent than that of criticism . A mind of penetrating and creative power could not find a better subject for a masterly picture . The two figures stand as representatives of natural religion , and of that of ...
... less elaborate and more reverent than that of criticism . A mind of penetrating and creative power could not find a better subject for a masterly picture . The two figures stand as representatives of natural religion , and of that of ...
Page 30
... less time and learning to perfect it , love the delibe- rate composition of the closet , and believe we can better under- stand one another by thoughts expressed so , than in the more glowing but hasty words of the moment . George H ...
... less time and learning to perfect it , love the delibe- rate composition of the closet , and believe we can better under- stand one another by thoughts expressed so , than in the more glowing but hasty words of the moment . George H ...
Page 35
... less a prey to contingencies . It is a well - tempered wine that has been carried over many seas , and escaped many ship- wrecks . George H. - I can the less gainsay you , my lord and brother , that your course would have been mine ...
... less a prey to contingencies . It is a well - tempered wine that has been carried over many seas , and escaped many ship- wrecks . George H. - I can the less gainsay you , my lord and brother , that your course would have been mine ...
Page 47
... and far outwent , in the first part of his prime , the need of creation or expression , and , probably , no era less grand and fervent than his own could have made him still more the genius than THE PROSE WORKS OF MILTON . 47.
... and far outwent , in the first part of his prime , the need of creation or expression , and , probably , no era less grand and fervent than his own could have made him still more the genius than THE PROSE WORKS OF MILTON . 47.
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... less than for Life . 2d . He affords the highest exercise at once to the poetic and reflective faculties . Before us move sublime presences , the types of whole regions of creation : God , man , and elementary spirits in multitudinous ...
... less than for Life . 2d . He affords the highest exercise at once to the poetic and reflective faculties . Before us move sublime presences , the types of whole regions of creation : God , man , and elementary spirits in multitudinous ...
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