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... early in our corre- spondence . The attentive and studious pe- rusal of the best writers in this , as well as in every other department , will effect infinitely more than any abstract rules or observations whatever . Read carefully the ...
... early in our corre- spondence . The attentive and studious pe- rusal of the best writers in this , as well as in every other department , will effect infinitely more than any abstract rules or observations whatever . Read carefully the ...
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... early histories which are now extant , even in prose , bear in some measure the characters of poetry . The scripture histories , though brief , are al- most poetical . Whether they were originally composed in metre or not , our ...
... early histories which are now extant , even in prose , bear in some measure the characters of poetry . The scripture histories , though brief , are al- most poetical . Whether they were originally composed in metre or not , our ...
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... early transactions of the Grecks ; and I cannot persuade myself to believe that he would have acquired the vast reputation he obtained among his contemporaries , many of whom must have been witnesses of all the later facts which he ...
... early transactions of the Grecks ; and I cannot persuade myself to believe that he would have acquired the vast reputation he obtained among his contemporaries , many of whom must have been witnesses of all the later facts which he ...
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... early gaze , * " Th ' eternal pleasure of increasing praise , " Pure from the stain of favour or of hate , " His nervous line unfolds the deep debate , " " Explores the seeds of war ; with matchless force " Draws discord springing from ...
... early gaze , * " Th ' eternal pleasure of increasing praise , " Pure from the stain of favour or of hate , " His nervous line unfolds the deep debate , " " Explores the seeds of war ; with matchless force " Draws discord springing from ...
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... early writers , I mean the learned , the manly , the much injured Buchanan . Whether we re- gard his clearness , his spirit , his love of free- dom , or his pure latinity , his history will de- serve to rank with some of the best that ...
... early writers , I mean the learned , the manly , the much injured Buchanan . Whether we re- gard his clearness , his spirit , his love of free- dom , or his pure latinity , his history will de- serve to rank with some of the best that ...
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