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... truth ; added to which , they exhibit specimens of the higher branches of composition , unparalleled in any other pro- ductions , ancient or modern ; and some mo- narch's library , or some national museum , is destined to become the ...
... truth ; added to which , they exhibit specimens of the higher branches of composition , unparalleled in any other pro- ductions , ancient or modern ; and some mo- narch's library , or some national museum , is destined to become the ...
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... truth ? Why easiness of access , and facility of comprehension , should derogate from literary merit ? Why figures , and epi- thets , and harmony of language , —why nar- rative , and poetry , and history , and allegory , should delight ...
... truth ? Why easiness of access , and facility of comprehension , should derogate from literary merit ? Why figures , and epi- thets , and harmony of language , —why nar- rative , and poetry , and history , and allegory , should delight ...
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... Truth she relates in a sublimer strain , Than all the tales the boldest Greeks could feign ; For what she sung that spirit did indite , Which gave her courage and success in fight . " feelings that lie yet deeper ? Have they elevated ...
... Truth she relates in a sublimer strain , Than all the tales the boldest Greeks could feign ; For what she sung that spirit did indite , Which gave her courage and success in fight . " feelings that lie yet deeper ? Have they elevated ...
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... - dom recorded as their words ; that even the oriental hyperboles are rather the ornaments than the exaggerations of truth . This imparts peculiar solemnity to the imaginative parts of the Bible , and reminds me of 18 LETTERS TO.
... - dom recorded as their words ; that even the oriental hyperboles are rather the ornaments than the exaggerations of truth . This imparts peculiar solemnity to the imaginative parts of the Bible , and reminds me of 18 LETTERS TO.
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... truth , deficient acquaint- ance with the historical arrangement , and yet a feeling of familiarity - difficult to lose , and otherwise impossible to account for . The free perusal of the Scriptures , as re- stored by the Reformation ...
... truth , deficient acquaint- ance with the historical arrangement , and yet a feeling of familiarity - difficult to lose , and otherwise impossible to account for . The free perusal of the Scriptures , as re- stored by the Reformation ...
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