The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 82Archibald Constable and Company, 1818 - English literature |
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... produced , The minds of men are , accordingly , set in keen opposition respecting the merits and prospects of the contending ri- vals ; and he surely , who undertakes to reconcile all differences , or to pro- nounce an opinion to which ...
... produced , The minds of men are , accordingly , set in keen opposition respecting the merits and prospects of the contending ri- vals ; and he surely , who undertakes to reconcile all differences , or to pro- nounce an opinion to which ...
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... produced that revolution ; and which sen- timents and opinions were indirectly import- ed into this country in translations from the German about that period . Our poe- tical literature had , towards the close of the last century ...
... produced that revolution ; and which sen- timents and opinions were indirectly import- ed into this country in translations from the German about that period . Our poe- tical literature had , towards the close of the last century ...
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... produced . We think , in short , that not only twenty years hence , but at a far great- er distance of time , the present age will be pointed to , as one of the most brilliant in the literary history of this country ; and whether or not ...
... produced . We think , in short , that not only twenty years hence , but at a far great- er distance of time , the present age will be pointed to , as one of the most brilliant in the literary history of this country ; and whether or not ...
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... produced , to any ef- antithesis in the thoughts expressed fusion of the genius of Campbell , with a degree of intense and delightful ex- pectation , which the annunciation of in the line- " Health in the breeze , and shelter in the few ...
... produced , to any ef- antithesis in the thoughts expressed fusion of the genius of Campbell , with a degree of intense and delightful ex- pectation , which the annunciation of in the line- " Health in the breeze , and shelter in the few ...
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... produced , and the strata- gem succeeded in preventing their at- tack . Another individual who figured afterwards in the war , also contribut- ed to this victory by his example and eloquence , Friar Joachim Haspinger , a nephew of Hofer ...
... produced , and the strata- gem succeeded in preventing their at- tack . Another individual who figured afterwards in the war , also contribut- ed to this victory by his example and eloquence , Friar Joachim Haspinger , a nephew of Hofer ...
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