Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 2J.B. Lippincott Company, 1910 - American literature |
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... whole party with all its fashions and ideals , could not fail to have very serious results in the domain of art , simply because it was so much more than a political revolution . The theatre was suppressed ; the lighter poetry was dis ...
... whole party with all its fashions and ideals , could not fail to have very serious results in the domain of art , simply because it was so much more than a political revolution . The theatre was suppressed ; the lighter poetry was dis ...
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... whole is decidedly monotonous . Locke , who meant his books for general reading , hated scholastic jargon , and wrote in language intelligible to every man of common- sense . ' No one , ' says his pupil , Shaftesbury ( him- self rather ...
... whole is decidedly monotonous . Locke , who meant his books for general reading , hated scholastic jargon , and wrote in language intelligible to every man of common- sense . ' No one , ' says his pupil , Shaftesbury ( him- self rather ...
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... whole world natural , consisting of heaven and earth , signifies the whole world politic , consisting of thrones and people ; or so much of it as is considered in the prophecy . And the things in that world signifies the analogous ...
... whole world natural , consisting of heaven and earth , signifies the whole world politic , consisting of thrones and people ; or so much of it as is considered in the prophecy . And the things in that world signifies the analogous ...
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... whole forests of woods , cities , and provinces , nay , the whole earth , when it had conquered all and triumphed over all , could not destroy this single ship . I remember in the story of the Argo- nautics , when Jason set out to fetch ...
... whole forests of woods , cities , and provinces , nay , the whole earth , when it had conquered all and triumphed over all , could not destroy this single ship . I remember in the story of the Argo- nautics , when Jason set out to fetch ...
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... whole exercise was in short prayers and ejaculations . The last that he was heard to use was in these words : Lord God , deliver me out of this miserable and wretched life , and take me among thy chosen ; howbeit not my will but thine ...
... whole exercise was in short prayers and ejaculations . The last that he was heard to use was in these words : Lord God , deliver me out of this miserable and wretched life , and take me among thy chosen ; howbeit not my will but thine ...
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