Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 2J. Murray, 1828 |
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Page 9
... present day , be altogether superfluous to enter into any formal discussion ; and for the purpose which I have in view , that of a brief comparison of his character and powers as a writer , with those which have been ascribed to Chaucer ...
... present day , be altogether superfluous to enter into any formal discussion ; and for the purpose which I have in view , that of a brief comparison of his character and powers as a writer , with those which have been ascribed to Chaucer ...
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... presents so masterly a display of contrasted talent ; a transition so complete from scenery that would do honour to the pencil of Ho- garth , to that which breathes the most awful and heart - harrowing terror . Having drawn this ...
... presents so masterly a display of contrasted talent ; a transition so complete from scenery that would do honour to the pencil of Ho- garth , to that which breathes the most awful and heart - harrowing terror . Having drawn this ...
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... aggravation , the irreparable loss which he has sustained . He cannot avoid contrasting his present forlorn and impotent state with the highly- honoured pre - eminence from which he has fallen ; 52 MORNINGS IN SPRING .
... aggravation , the irreparable loss which he has sustained . He cannot avoid contrasting his present forlorn and impotent state with the highly- honoured pre - eminence from which he has fallen ; 52 MORNINGS IN SPRING .
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... present us with a very favourable idea of his progress in Chris- tian charity . In fact , he tells the aged poet in plain terms , that he is a bald and senseless fool , and that as long as God shall rule in heaven , his race shall ...
... present us with a very favourable idea of his progress in Chris- tian charity . In fact , he tells the aged poet in plain terms , that he is a bald and senseless fool , and that as long as God shall rule in heaven , his race shall ...
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... by their an- cestors of the middle ages , and in a passage of ex- quisite beauty and feeling , which in the present day cannot be read without a sigh of deep regret for ; what has passed since it was written , " 62 MORNINGS IN SPRING .
... by their an- cestors of the middle ages , and in a passage of ex- quisite beauty and feeling , which in the present day cannot be read without a sigh of deep regret for ; what has passed since it was written , " 62 MORNINGS IN SPRING .
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