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... essays is " Henry and Emma , " a dull and tedious dialogue , which excites neither esteem for the man nor tenderness for the woman . The example of Emma , who resolves to follow an outlawed murderer wherever fear and guilt shall drive ...
... essays is " Henry and Emma , " a dull and tedious dialogue , which excites neither esteem for the man nor tenderness for the woman . The example of Emma , who resolves to follow an outlawed murderer wherever fear and guilt shall drive ...
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... essays in prose , which can be commended only as they are written for the highest and noblest pur- pose - the promotion of religion . Blackmore's prose is not the prose of a poet , for it is languid , sluggish , and lifeless ; his ...
... essays in prose , which can be commended only as they are written for the highest and noblest pur- pose - the promotion of religion . Blackmore's prose is not the prose of a poet , for it is languid , sluggish , and lifeless ; his ...
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... essays he took little care to propitiate the wits , for he scorns to avert their malice at the expense of virtue or of truth . " Several , in their books , have many sarcastical and spiteful strokes at religion in general ; while others ...
... essays he took little care to propitiate the wits , for he scorns to avert their malice at the expense of virtue or of truth . " Several , in their books , have many sarcastical and spiteful strokes at religion in general ; while others ...
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... essays is upon the spleen , which is treated by him so much to his own satisfaction , that he has pub- lished the same thoughts in the same words ; first , in the " Lay Monastery , " then in the " Essay , " and then in the " Preface to ...
... essays is upon the spleen , which is treated by him so much to his own satisfaction , that he has pub- lished the same thoughts in the same words ; first , in the " Lay Monastery , " then in the " Essay , " and then in the " Preface to ...
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... Essay upon Divine Eloquence , " which was printed after his death by Mr. White of Nayland , in Essex , the minister who attended his death - bed , and testified the fervent piety of his last hours . He died on the 8th of October , 1729 ...
... Essay upon Divine Eloquence , " which was printed after his death by Mr. White of Nayland , in Essex , the minister who attended his death - bed , and testified the fervent piety of his last hours . He died on the 8th of October , 1729 ...
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