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... never read them , are wretched compositions . Cowley , with all his admirable wit and ingenuity , had little imagination : nor indeed do we think his classical diction comparable to that of Milton . The authority of Johnson is against ...
... never read them , are wretched compositions . Cowley , with all his admirable wit and ingenuity , had little imagination : nor indeed do we think his classical diction comparable to that of Milton . The authority of Johnson is against ...
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... never with complete success . The Greek drama , on the model of which the Samson was written , sprang from the Ode . The dialogue was ingrafted on the chorus , and naturally partook of its cha- racter . The genius of the greatest of the ...
... never with complete success . The Greek drama , on the model of which the Samson was written , sprang from the Ode . The dialogue was ingrafted on the chorus , and naturally partook of its cha- racter . The genius of the greatest of the ...
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... never more than in the course of the present year . There is a certain class of men , who , while they profess to hold in reverence the great names and great actions of former times , never look at them for any other purpose than in ...
... never more than in the course of the present year . There is a certain class of men , who , while they profess to hold in reverence the great names and great actions of former times , never look at them for any other purpose than in ...
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... never de- serted it , till it had deserted its duty . If he dissolved it by force , it was not till he found that ... Never before had reli- gious liberty and the freedom of discussion been enjoyed in a greater degree . Never had the ...
... never de- serted it , till it had deserted its duty . If he dissolved it by force , it was not till he found that ... Never before had reli- gious liberty and the freedom of discussion been enjoyed in a greater degree . Never had the ...
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... never hesitates at an oath when he wishes to seduce , who never wants a pre- text when he is inclined to betray . His cruelties spring , not from the heat of blood , or the insanity of uncontrolled power , but from deep and cool ...
... never hesitates at an oath when he wishes to seduce , who never wants a pre- text when he is inclined to betray . His cruelties spring , not from the heat of blood , or the insanity of uncontrolled power , but from deep and cool ...
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