Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 2J. Murray, 1828 |
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... 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 of ...
... 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 of ...
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... latter , indeed , are , for their exquisite tenderness , and the beauty of their local scenery , perfectly unrivalled . In the higher pro- vince of the pathetic and sublime , who will refuse to award a very marked distinction to " The ...
... latter , indeed , are , for their exquisite tenderness , and the beauty of their local scenery , perfectly unrivalled . In the higher pro- vince of the pathetic and sublime , who will refuse to award a very marked distinction to " The ...
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... latter . It has been , in fact , the most startling , and ap- parently the most valid objection to the authenticity of these productions , that the characters of Fingal and of Ossian , as uniformly represented in them , are by many ...
... latter . It has been , in fact , the most startling , and ap- parently the most valid objection to the authenticity of these productions , that the characters of Fingal and of Ossian , as uniformly represented in them , are by many ...
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... latter ex- claims with his customary courtesy , O son of Calphruin ! —sage divine ! Soft voice of heavenly song , Whose notes around the holy shrine Sweet melody prolong ; * Reliques , p . 99 . A Did e'er my tale thy curious ear And ...
... latter ex- claims with his customary courtesy , O son of Calphruin ! —sage divine ! Soft voice of heavenly song , Whose notes around the holy shrine Sweet melody prolong ; * Reliques , p . 99 . A Did e'er my tale thy curious ear And ...
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... latter as in the former age . Indeed , at an era when the rest of Europe was involved in the grossest ignorance , it speaks highly in favour of the comparative state of Ireland , that her bards were able not only to relish and admire ...
... latter as in the former age . Indeed , at an era when the rest of Europe was involved in the grossest ignorance , it speaks highly in favour of the comparative state of Ireland , that her bards were able not only to relish and admire ...
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Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical ..., Volume 2 Nathan Drake No preview available - 2017 |
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