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Page 83
... close this attempt to diminish into mere prettiness the sublime simplicity of this gospel nar- rative . We need hardly point out , to the most casual reader , the singular taste which has dictated the selection of the images and ...
... close this attempt to diminish into mere prettiness the sublime simplicity of this gospel nar- rative . We need hardly point out , to the most casual reader , the singular taste which has dictated the selection of the images and ...
Page 88
... close of this is certainly too much in the old orthodox school , but they are almost entirely free from the faults of style we have before objected to . There seems to us a great affinity between the poetry of Barry Cornwall and Willis ...
... close of this is certainly too much in the old orthodox school , but they are almost entirely free from the faults of style we have before objected to . There seems to us a great affinity between the poetry of Barry Cornwall and Willis ...
Page 101
... close our notice of Mr. Willis with a very charac- teristic anecdote of Bulwer , as related to us by an eye- witness : - Having been invited , at some three weeks ' notice , by the author of Pelham to a grand dejeuner , or FĂȘte ...
... close our notice of Mr. Willis with a very charac- teristic anecdote of Bulwer , as related to us by an eye- witness : - Having been invited , at some three weeks ' notice , by the author of Pelham to a grand dejeuner , or FĂȘte ...
Page 102
... rod and actually waved it close to Sir Edward's face ; throwing his hand out to protect himself , his fingers came in contact with the scaly phenomenon ; -then nerving himself for the deed , he 102 PARKER WILLIS . NATHANIEL.
... rod and actually waved it close to Sir Edward's face ; throwing his hand out to protect himself , his fingers came in contact with the scaly phenomenon ; -then nerving himself for the deed , he 102 PARKER WILLIS . NATHANIEL.
Page 113
... close these remarks with good - humor , we shall quote a little anecdote which has gone the round of society in England . It also evidences that Janus - faced figure which every fact and fiction possesses for the human thought . Owing ...
... close these remarks with good - humor , we shall quote a little anecdote which has gone the round of society in England . It also evidences that Janus - faced figure which every fact and fiction possesses for the human thought . Owing ...
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