The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 33A. Constable, 1820 |
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... give him the same credit for absolute originality as those earlier writers , who , having no suc- cessful author to imitate , were obliged to copy directly from na- ture . In naming him along with Shakespeare , we meant still less to ...
... give him the same credit for absolute originality as those earlier writers , who , having no suc- cessful author to imitate , were obliged to copy directly from na- ture . In naming him along with Shakespeare , we meant still less to ...
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... give scope to these farcical ex- hibitions , the poverty of the Master of Ravenswood is exagge- rated beyond all credibility , and to the injury even of his per- sonal dignity . - Sir W. Ashton is tedious ; Ivanhoe . Jan.
... give scope to these farcical ex- hibitions , the poverty of the Master of Ravenswood is exagge- rated beyond all credibility , and to the injury even of his per- sonal dignity . - Sir W. Ashton is tedious ; Ivanhoe . Jan.
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... give a life and inte- rest to the warlike part of the story , which belong to the fic- tions of no other hand . There is but little made of Montrose himself ; and the wager about the Candlesticks - though said to be founded in fact ...
... give a life and inte- rest to the warlike part of the story , which belong to the fic- tions of no other hand . There is but little made of Montrose himself ; and the wager about the Candlesticks - though said to be founded in fact ...
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... give an account of the work before us . The story , as we have already stated , is entirely English ; and consequently no longer possesses the charm of that sweet Doric dialect , of which even strangers have been made of late to feel ...
... give an account of the work before us . The story , as we have already stated , is entirely English ; and consequently no longer possesses the charm of that sweet Doric dialect , of which even strangers have been made of late to feel ...
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... give some ac- count of his attempt , to the few among our readers to whom it may still be unknown ; and to express our opinion - and we dare say theirs also - of its merits , to the rest . The scene , as we have already said , is laid ...
... give some ac- count of his attempt , to the few among our readers to whom it may still be unknown ; and to express our opinion - and we dare say theirs also - of its merits , to the rest . The scene , as we have already said , is laid ...
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Page 69 - In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book? or goes to an American play? or looks at an American picture or statue?
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Page 133 - Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the Bankrupt Laws ; and i This and the two preceding motions were lost by large majorities.
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Page 28 - They pull down the piles and palisades; they hew down the barriers with axes. His high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back!
Page 333 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed, Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
Page 27 - A singular novelty,' muttered the knight, ' to advance to storm such a castle without pennon or banner displayed! Seest thou who they be that act as leaders ?' 'A knight, clad in sable armour, is the most conspicuous,' said the Jewess; ' he alone is armed from head to heel, and seems to assume the direction of all around him.