Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 1J. Murray, 1828 |
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... both of classical and vernacular literature whatever best suited my taste and inclina- tions ; and with what rapture , in the latter branch , I hung over the pages of Spenser , Milton , Thomson 14 MORNINGS IN SPRING .
... both of classical and vernacular literature whatever best suited my taste and inclina- tions ; and with what rapture , in the latter branch , I hung over the pages of Spenser , Milton , Thomson 14 MORNINGS IN SPRING .
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... taste for and ardent thirst of literature , which animated his own bosom . It is this feature predominating throughout the greater part of his epistles which has given to their perusal so peculiar a charm , a zest and flavour , indeed ...
... taste for and ardent thirst of literature , which animated his own bosom . It is this feature predominating throughout the greater part of his epistles which has given to their perusal so peculiar a charm , a zest and flavour , indeed ...
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... taste and enjoyment ; more especially as , I again repeat , I think it scarcely probable that any one can study them without catching , for a time at least , on such topics , the devoted attachment of their author ; an attachment which ...
... taste and enjoyment ; more especially as , I again repeat , I think it scarcely probable that any one can study them without catching , for a time at least , on such topics , the devoted attachment of their author ; an attachment which ...
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... taste for literature as the best pre- parative for content , and the surest mode of recon- ciling a man to a parsimonious distribution of the favours of fortune . In a letter to the emperor Trajan * , whilst soliciting a privilege in ...
... taste for literature as the best pre- parative for content , and the surest mode of recon- ciling a man to a parsimonious distribution of the favours of fortune . In a letter to the emperor Trajan * , whilst soliciting a privilege in ...
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... taste and correct judgment , and clothed in a style at once nervous , rich , and elegant . I can well remember the delight with which , two years after I had visited at Skipton the remains of the castle of the Cliffords , I first read ...
... taste and correct judgment , and clothed in a style at once nervous , rich , and elegant . I can well remember the delight with which , two years after I had visited at Skipton the remains of the castle of the Cliffords , I first read ...
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