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On the character of Ossian , as drawn by the Irish bards , Miss Brooke's Reliques of Irish poetry XV . The Cliffords of Craven , continued Page 1 • 37 65 XVI . The same , continued 101 XVII . Biographical sketch of the Rev.
On the character of Ossian , as drawn by the Irish bards , Miss Brooke's Reliques of Irish poetry XV . The Cliffords of Craven , continued Page 1 • 37 65 XVI . The same , continued 101 XVII . Biographical sketch of the Rev.
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tributed to place the genius and character of the writings of Chaucer in their proper point of view . It had previously been supposed , from a too partial acquaintance with the works of our bard , that hu- mour and delineation of ...
tributed to place the genius and character of the writings of Chaucer in their proper point of view . It had previously been supposed , from a too partial acquaintance with the works of our bard , that hu- mour and delineation of ...
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In universality of genius , and especially in the departments of humour and character- painting , he is immeasurably below his great predecessor ; but there is a perspicuity in his diction , and a circumstan- tiality in his narration ...
In universality of genius , and especially in the departments of humour and character- painting , he is immeasurably below his great predecessor ; but there is a perspicuity in his diction , and a circumstan- tiality in his narration ...
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The latter narrative , more especially , is conducted , both as to its fable and its characters , with a thorough know- ledge of human nature , with the most minute fidelity in point of description , and with a pungency and originality ...
The latter narrative , more especially , is conducted , both as to its fable and its characters , with a thorough know- ledge of human nature , with the most minute fidelity in point of description , and with a pungency and originality ...
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| Title | Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 2 Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Nathan Drake |
| Author | Nathan Drake |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2008 |
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