Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volúmenes1-2Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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Página xvii
... effect on the House of these declaimed disquisitions can perhaps be best estimated by quoting a passage from one of his political oppo- nents , whose pen , in the heat of faction , was unre- strained by any of the proprieties of ...
... effect on the House of these declaimed disquisitions can perhaps be best estimated by quoting a passage from one of his political oppo- nents , whose pen , in the heat of faction , was unre- strained by any of the proprieties of ...
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... effect . Throughout his par- liamentary career he showed no inclination to mingle in strictly extemporaneous debate , though it seems dif- ficult to conceive that a man of such intellectual hardi- hood as well as intellectual capacity ...
... effect . Throughout his par- liamentary career he showed no inclination to mingle in strictly extemporaneous debate , though it seems dif- ficult to conceive that a man of such intellectual hardi- hood as well as intellectual capacity ...
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... effect . It is only by turning to the table of contents that we are able to generalize the events of a reign . There are scores of pages in the third and fourth volumes which we read as we read a newspaper , where an account of a murder ...
... effect . It is only by turning to the table of contents that we are able to generalize the events of a reign . There are scores of pages in the third and fourth volumes which we read as we read a newspaper , where an account of a murder ...
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... effect , would diminish the shame , of in- justice . The advantages of an open and those of an anonymous attack would be combined ; and the au- thority of avowal would be united to the security of concealment . The serpents in Virgil ...
... effect , would diminish the shame , of in- justice . The advantages of an open and those of an anonymous attack would be combined ; and the au- thority of avowal would be united to the security of concealment . The serpents in Virgil ...
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... effect which they produce on the literature of Italy . The florid and luxurious charms of his style enticed the poets and the public from the contemplation of nobler and sterner models . In truth , though a rude state of society is that ...
... effect which they produce on the literature of Italy . The florid and luxurious charms of his style enticed the poets and the public from the contemplation of nobler and sterner models . In truth , though a rude state of society is that ...
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