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Page 41
... reader feels himself weary with this useless talk of an allegorical Being . It is not only when the events are confessedly miracu- lous , that fancy and fiction lose their effect : the whole system of life , while the Theocracy was yet ...
... reader feels himself weary with this useless talk of an allegorical Being . It is not only when the events are confessedly miracu- lous , that fancy and fiction lose their effect : the whole system of life , while the Theocracy was yet ...
Page 127
... reader admires and lays down , and for- gets to take up again . None ever wished it longer than it is . Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure . We read Milton for instruction , retire harassed and overburdened , and look ...
... reader admires and lays down , and for- gets to take up again . None ever wished it longer than it is . Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure . We read Milton for instruction , retire harassed and overburdened , and look ...
Page 330
... reader with two syllabies more than he expected . The effect of the Triplet is the same : the ear has been accustomed to expect a new rhyme in every couplet but is on a sudden surprised with three rhymes together to which the reader ...
... reader with two syllabies more than he expected . The effect of the Triplet is the same : the ear has been accustomed to expect a new rhyme in every couplet but is on a sudden surprised with three rhymes together to which the reader ...
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