English Literature of the Nineteenth CenturyPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1857 - 785 páginas |
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... literary friends , whose kindness I would hereby gratefully acknowledge . If they see that I have not in all cases adopted their suggestions , I am sure they will be quite ready to concede to me that independence of thought and action ...
... literary friends , whose kindness I would hereby gratefully acknowledge . If they see that I have not in all cases adopted their suggestions , I am sure they will be quite ready to concede to me that independence of thought and action ...
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... literary anecdote and collateral disquisition , is written in a style of great ease and purity , and exhibits a taste refined , chaste , and classical . In short , it is a work which , however often perused , affords fresh delight , and ...
... literary anecdote and collateral disquisition , is written in a style of great ease and purity , and exhibits a taste refined , chaste , and classical . In short , it is a work which , however often perused , affords fresh delight , and ...
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... literary society to the fullest extent . In 1769 , she published her " Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakspeare , compared with the Greek See his life in " Compendium of English Literature , " p . 489 . and French Dramatic Poets ...
... literary society to the fullest extent . In 1769 , she published her " Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakspeare , compared with the Greek See his life in " Compendium of English Literature , " p . 489 . and French Dramatic Poets ...
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... literary world . The praise which Cowper and Warton have bestowed upon it is decisive as to its merits . " The learning , " says Cowper , " the good sense , the sound judgment , and the wit displayed in it , fully justify not only my ...
... literary world . The praise which Cowper and Warton have bestowed upon it is decisive as to its merits . " The learning , " says Cowper , " the good sense , the sound judgment , and the wit displayed in it , fully justify not only my ...
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... literary history approaches them in the splendor of their course . " searching investigations and keen analysis of Mr. Laing , in his " History of Scotland , " had before Sir James wrote , stripped these poems of all their pretensions ...
... literary history approaches them in the splendor of their course . " searching investigations and keen analysis of Mr. Laing , in his " History of Scotland , " had before Sir James wrote , stripped these poems of all their pretensions ...
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