Essays and Reviews, Том 1Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853 |
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... give effect to his composition , -are used with a tact and taste which conceal from us the appearance of labor and re- flection . The intricate questions of criticism and philos- ophy , the characters and actions of distinguished men ...
... give effect to his composition , -are used with a tact and taste which conceal from us the appearance of labor and re- flection . The intricate questions of criticism and philos- ophy , the characters and actions of distinguished men ...
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... give vividness to his diction , he is often overstrained and extravagant , and that his epigrammatic style seems better fitted for the glitter of paradox than the sober guise of truth ; that he manifests too much dogmatism and ...
... give vividness to his diction , he is often overstrained and extravagant , and that his epigrammatic style seems better fitted for the glitter of paradox than the sober guise of truth ; that he manifests too much dogmatism and ...
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... give all his productions a cosmopolitan air . Nothing that he writes is " sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought . " The level shadow of the Actual , in his mind , stretches far and wide into the sunny tract of the Ideal ; and he ...
... give all his productions a cosmopolitan air . Nothing that he writes is " sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought . " The level shadow of the Actual , in his mind , stretches far and wide into the sunny tract of the Ideal ; and he ...
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... give raciness and energy to his style , he has no hesitation in using phrases which young ladies might consider inelegant , and which Miss Betty would pronounce decidedly " low . " His works overflow with antithetical forms of ...
... give raciness and energy to his style , he has no hesitation in using phrases which young ladies might consider inelegant , and which Miss Betty would pronounce decidedly " low . " His works overflow with antithetical forms of ...
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... give it a sly thrust , here and there , in places where it is still vulnerable . Mr. Griswold has prefixed to his book an eloquent , hopeful , and extenuating preface . This is followed by a lively and learned historical introduction ...
... give it a sly thrust , here and there , in places where it is still vulnerable . Mr. Griswold has prefixed to his book an eloquent , hopeful , and extenuating preface . This is followed by a lively and learned historical introduction ...
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