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Page 7
... larity of style were merits then un- known . The stage , the bar , and the pulpit , had but one style , equally un- worthy of each . But our attention is chiefly excited by two great men , Rabelais and Mon- taigne . THE PORT FOLIO . 7.
... larity of style were merits then un- known . The stage , the bar , and the pulpit , had but one style , equally un- worthy of each . But our attention is chiefly excited by two great men , Rabelais and Mon- taigne . THE PORT FOLIO . 7.
Page 56
... equally in the wrong . The terrible , if it do not suddenly over- whelm , invigorates . Hamlet , himself , discovers and describes this feeling : My fate cries out , And makes each petty artery in this body As hardy as the Nemean lion's ...
... equally in the wrong . The terrible , if it do not suddenly over- whelm , invigorates . Hamlet , himself , discovers and describes this feeling : My fate cries out , And makes each petty artery in this body As hardy as the Nemean lion's ...
Page 67
... equally injurious to himself and to his people , with which Louis XVI consent- ed to , and even acted a part in , his own destruction . ] THE Constitutional act had been pre- sented on the third of September 1791 , for the acceptance of ...
... equally injurious to himself and to his people , with which Louis XVI consent- ed to , and even acted a part in , his own destruction . ] THE Constitutional act had been pre- sented on the third of September 1791 , for the acceptance of ...
Page 71
... equally indifferent to mine ; but if it should so hap- pen , that you , or any one of you , know , or have known , a JOHN SMITH , whom you do not entirely reverence , as it may be you ought to do , why then what an unfortunate dog I ...
... equally indifferent to mine ; but if it should so hap- pen , that you , or any one of you , know , or have known , a JOHN SMITH , whom you do not entirely reverence , as it may be you ought to do , why then what an unfortunate dog I ...
Page 82
... equally interesting with their produc- tions . Of the father of Epic poetry the admiring world records nothing but his writings , and his name . Homer lived- he wrote - and died . Contending cities may claim the honor of his birth , and ...
... equally interesting with their produc- tions . Of the father of Epic poetry the admiring world records nothing but his writings , and his name . Homer lived- he wrote - and died . Contending cities may claim the honor of his birth , and ...
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