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... called to the bar , and how very small a pro- portion of them are finally disposed , or find encourage- ment , to follow the law as a profession . Hence the number of deserters is so great , that the least linger- ing look behind ...
... called to the bar , and how very small a pro- portion of them are finally disposed , or find encourage- ment , to follow the law as a profession . Hence the number of deserters is so great , that the least linger- ing look behind ...
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... called literary society . By doing so , I imagined I should escape the besetting sin of listening to language , which , from one motive or other , is apt to ascribe a very undue degree of consequence to literary pursuits , as if they ...
... called literary society . By doing so , I imagined I should escape the besetting sin of listening to language , which , from one motive or other , is apt to ascribe a very undue degree of consequence to literary pursuits , as if they ...
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... called Heroic , without the use of epithets which are , to say the least , unnecessary . But , on the other hand , Thus it has been often remarked , that , in the opening cou- plets of Pope's translation of the Iliad , there are two ...
... called Heroic , without the use of epithets which are , to say the least , unnecessary . But , on the other hand , Thus it has been often remarked , that , in the opening cou- plets of Pope's translation of the Iliad , there are two ...
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... called Chris- tabel , by Mr. Coleridge , which , from the singularly irregular structure of the stanzas , and the liberty which it allowed the author to adapt the sound to the sense , seemed to be exactly suited to such an extrava ...
... called Chris- tabel , by Mr. Coleridge , which , from the singularly irregular structure of the stanzas , and the liberty which it allowed the author to adapt the sound to the sense , seemed to be exactly suited to such an extrava ...
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... called upon to make the necessary deductions from his own merits , in a calm attempt to account for his popularity . A few additional remarks on the author's literary attempts after this period , will be found in the Intro- duction to ...
... called upon to make the necessary deductions from his own merits , in a calm attempt to account for his popularity . A few additional remarks on the author's literary attempts after this period , will be found in the Intro- duction to ...
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