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... ment to raise it above insipidity and languor . In the poem at the head of this article , the vagrant sentimentalist , whose feelings and disgusts are esteemed by the poet so worthy of being recorded , and who follows Lord Byron as a ...
... ment to raise it above insipidity and languor . In the poem at the head of this article , the vagrant sentimentalist , whose feelings and disgusts are esteemed by the poet so worthy of being recorded , and who follows Lord Byron as a ...
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... ment of Harold's high pretensions , and of what may be called the moral of this laudable production . " But soon he knew himself the most unfit Of men to herd with Man ; with whom he held Little in common ; untaught to submit His ...
... ment of Harold's high pretensions , and of what may be called the moral of this laudable production . " But soon he knew himself the most unfit Of men to herd with Man ; with whom he held Little in common ; untaught to submit His ...
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... ment of human passion , it has large privileges and a wide do main ; but when it undertakes to be the vehicle of preceptive truth , it assumes a responsible office , and its merit must be founded upon other qualities besides the power ...
... ment of human passion , it has large privileges and a wide do main ; but when it undertakes to be the vehicle of preceptive truth , it assumes a responsible office , and its merit must be founded upon other qualities besides the power ...
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... ment , are perfectly incapable of forming their own opinions on some of the most important subjects that can employ the human mind . " To confess this , and in the same breath to complain that the young are taught to imbibe in their ...
... ment , are perfectly incapable of forming their own opinions on some of the most important subjects that can employ the human mind . " To confess this , and in the same breath to complain that the young are taught to imbibe in their ...
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... ment to be fully tried . We are helped , indeed , in our reasoning , by the example of Scotland and other select cases , and we shall find all these individual instances corroborative of the good effects of general education ; still ...
... ment to be fully tried . We are helped , indeed , in our reasoning , by the example of Scotland and other select cases , and we shall find all these individual instances corroborative of the good effects of general education ; still ...
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