Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volumen1Longmans, Green, 1877 |
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... enemies of Jove , or to the sea - monster which the mariner mistakes for an island . When he addresses himself to battle against the guardian angels , he stands like Teneriffe or Atlas : his stature reaches the sky . Contrast with these ...
... enemies of Jove , or to the sea - monster which the mariner mistakes for an island . When he addresses himself to battle against the guardian angels , he stands like Teneriffe or Atlas : his stature reaches the sky . Contrast with these ...
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... enemy of heaven . Prometheus bears undoubt- edly a considerable resemblance to the Satan of Milton . In both we find the same impatience of control , the same ferocity , the same unconquerable pride . In both characters also are mingled ...
... enemy of heaven . Prometheus bears undoubt- edly a considerable resemblance to the Satan of Milton . In both we find the same impatience of control , the same ferocity , the same unconquerable pride . In both characters also are mingled ...
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... enemies were the painters . As a body , the Roundheads had done their utmost to decry and ruin literature ; and literature was even with them , as , in the long run , it always is with its enemies . The best book on their side of the ...
... enemies were the painters . As a body , the Roundheads had done their utmost to decry and ruin literature ; and literature was even with them , as , in the long run , it always is with its enemies . The best book on their side of the ...
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... enemies , and to give their antagonists the advantage of sun and wind . We will take the naked constitutional ques- tion . We confidently affirm , that every reason which can be urged in favour of the Revolution of 1688 may be urged ...
... enemies , and to give their antagonists the advantage of sun and wind . We will take the naked constitutional ques- tion . We confidently affirm , that every reason which can be urged in favour of the Revolution of 1688 may be urged ...
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... enemies themselves being judges , destitute of private virtues ? And what , after all , are the virtues ascribed to Charles ? A religious zeal , not more sincere than that of his son , and fully as weak and narrow- minded , and a few of ...
... enemies themselves being judges , destitute of private virtues ? And what , after all , are the virtues ascribed to Charles ? A religious zeal , not more sincere than that of his son , and fully as weak and narrow- minded , and a few of ...
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Critical and Historical Essays, Volumen1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Vista completa - 1900 |
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