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... criticism , poetry it has fairly vied with that of the mother country . Yet our highest literary achieve- ments probably lie in the future . With a territory capa- - ble of supporting a population of five hundred millions , the task of ...
... criticism , poetry it has fairly vied with that of the mother country . Yet our highest literary achieve- ments probably lie in the future . With a territory capa- - ble of supporting a population of five hundred millions , the task of ...
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... critics have by no means lost sight of - is his connection with the witchcraft tragedy . In common with people of every class in his day , he believed in the reality of witchcraft . In 1685 , the year he was ordained , he published a ...
... critics have by no means lost sight of - is his connection with the witchcraft tragedy . In common with people of every class in his day , he believed in the reality of witchcraft . In 1685 , the year he was ordained , he published a ...
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... critic has styled him , a theological " monomaniac . " There is much less reason to dissent from the judgment of another reviewer who says of him : " Remarkable for the beauty of his face and person , lordly in the easy sweep and grasp ...
... critic has styled him , a theological " monomaniac . " There is much less reason to dissent from the judgment of another reviewer who says of him : " Remarkable for the beauty of his face and person , lordly in the easy sweep and grasp ...
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... critic and biog- rapher , " whether a higher art would not have given more breathing - places in this exciting tale , in which the mind is hurried without pause from sensation to sensation . " It is needless to say that its success was ...
... critic and biog- rapher , " whether a higher art would not have given more breathing - places in this exciting tale , in which the mind is hurried without pause from sensation to sensation . " It is needless to say that its success was ...
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... criticism and detraction , against which he had long contended , had in large measure abated . He was growing again in favor with his countrymen ; and his own feelings , as opposition relaxed , subsided into a calmer and kindlier mood ...
... criticism and detraction , against which he had long contended , had in large measure abated . He was growing again in favor with his countrymen ; and his own feelings , as opposition relaxed , subsided into a calmer and kindlier mood ...
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