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... nature of the Deity , the eternity of matter , and the observation of the Sabbath , might , we think , | have caused more just surprise . But we will not go into the discussion of these points . The book , were it far more orthodox or ...
... nature of the Deity , the eternity of matter , and the observation of the Sabbath , might , we think , | have caused more just surprise . But we will not go into the discussion of these points . The book , were it far more orthodox or ...
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... nature of their We think that , as civilisation advances , poetry almost necessarily declines . There- fore , though we fervently admire those great works of imagination which have appeared in dark ages , we do not admire them the more ...
... nature of their We think that , as civilisation advances , poetry almost necessarily declines . There- fore , though we fervently admire those great works of imagination which have appeared in dark ages , we do not admire them the more ...
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... natural that the literature of Greece should be tinctured with the Oriental style . And that style , we think , Is ... nature inconsistent he has failed , as every one else must have failed . We cannot identify ourselves with the ...
... natural that the literature of Greece should be tinctured with the Oriental style . And that style , we think , Is ... nature inconsistent he has failed , as every one else must have failed . We cannot identify ourselves with the ...
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... nature to be intelligible to human beings . Their characters are , like their forms , marked by a certain dim resemblance to those of men , but exaggerated to gigantic dimensions , and veiled in mysterious gloom . Perhaps the gods and ...
... nature to be intelligible to human beings . Their characters are , like their forms , marked by a certain dim resemblance to those of men , but exaggerated to gigantic dimensions , and veiled in mysterious gloom . Perhaps the gods and ...
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... nature . It resembled that noxious Sardinian soil of which the intense bitterness is said to have been per- ceptible even in its honey . His mind was , in the noble language of the Hebrew poet , " a land of darkness , as darkness itself ...
... nature . It resembled that noxious Sardinian soil of which the intense bitterness is said to have been per- ceptible even in its honey . His mind was , in the noble language of the Hebrew poet , " a land of darkness , as darkness itself ...
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