The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 207A. Constable, 1808 |
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Page 30
... early tastes pre- vailed , and during the last twenty years of her life in Italy she lived through and with her books . 6 6 Though roads were being improved in England in the be- ginning of the eighteenth century it was still difficult ...
... early tastes pre- vailed , and during the last twenty years of her life in Italy she lived through and with her books . 6 6 Though roads were being improved in England in the be- ginning of the eighteenth century it was still difficult ...
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... early age to philosophy by telling her that ' the eagle does not catch flies . ' Such a horror of the unseemly was cultivated in Anna by him that she came to regard most Greek and Latin verse as ' poisonous drink , ' and to restrict her ...
... early age to philosophy by telling her that ' the eagle does not catch flies . ' Such a horror of the unseemly was cultivated in Anna by him that she came to regard most Greek and Latin verse as ' poisonous drink , ' and to restrict her ...
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... early date there is abundant evidence to prove . The name of Dante occurs for the first time in English litera- ture ... earliest indication of Chaucer's acquaintance with Dante . It seems to be generally accepted that none of the poems ...
... early date there is abundant evidence to prove . The name of Dante occurs for the first time in English litera- ture ... earliest indication of Chaucer's acquaintance with Dante . It seems to be generally accepted that none of the poems ...
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