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... history , a metaphysical treatise , Mil- ton , Shakespeare , Cervantes , Hume , Berkeley would have been nowhere . He held greatly to the dignity of the anonymous ; and even in the journal which he originated , nobody could ever ...
... history , a metaphysical treatise , Mil- ton , Shakespeare , Cervantes , Hume , Berkeley would have been nowhere . He held greatly to the dignity of the anonymous ; and even in the journal which he originated , nobody could ever ...
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... father to son for about a fourth part of the history of the world , since the date which Sir Isaac Newton assigns to the Deluge . But , so far as can be judged by existent re- cords , the world has not been in any way 86 KENELM CHILLINGLY .
... father to son for about a fourth part of the history of the world , since the date which Sir Isaac Newton assigns to the Deluge . But , so far as can be judged by existent re- cords , the world has not been in any way 86 KENELM CHILLINGLY .
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... history ; would say , comparing his thumb with the talons of an eagle , the claws of a tiger , the hoof of a horse , the owner of that thumb must have been lord over creatures with talons and claws and hoofs . You may say the monkey ...
... history ; would say , comparing his thumb with the talons of an eagle , the claws of a tiger , the hoof of a horse , the owner of that thumb must have been lord over creatures with talons and claws and hoofs . You may say the monkey ...
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... and improve everything ; and a play could have had its natural length then . It would not have been necessary to crowd the whole history of Macbeth , from his youth to his old age , into an absurd epitome of three KENELM CHILLINGLY . 165.
... and improve everything ; and a play could have had its natural length then . It would not have been necessary to crowd the whole history of Macbeth , from his youth to his old age , into an absurd epitome of three KENELM CHILLINGLY . 165.
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... history of Queen Elizabeth by Mr Froude -I should demur at the doctrine that it is better to marry than to burn ; I myself should prefer burning . With these sentiments it would ill become any one entitled to that distinction of ...
... history of Queen Elizabeth by Mr Froude -I should demur at the doctrine that it is better to marry than to burn ; I myself should prefer burning . With these sentiments it would ill become any one entitled to that distinction of ...
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