The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 24A. Constable, 1814 |
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Page 131
... humanity shudder , to see the preparations making for the destruction of the cities , and every thing in them , not ... human beings , is " neither charitable in conception , nor is it easy in execution . " A few months will decide ...
... humanity shudder , to see the preparations making for the destruction of the cities , and every thing in them , not ... human beings , is " neither charitable in conception , nor is it easy in execution . " A few months will decide ...
Page 325
... human nature , and work them up into new combinations , ( which is the excellence of Don Quixote ) ; nor trace the ... human vanity ; and the account of Gil Blas's legacy , of the uncertainty of human expectations . This novel is as ...
... human nature , and work them up into new combinations , ( which is the excellence of Don Quixote ) ; nor trace the ... human vanity ; and the account of Gil Blas's legacy , of the uncertainty of human expectations . This novel is as ...
Page 326
... human nature - at least of English nature - and mas- terly pictures of the characters of men as he saw them exist- ing . This quality distinguishes all his works , and is shown almost equally in all of them . As a painter of real life ...
... human nature - at least of English nature - and mas- terly pictures of the characters of men as he saw them exist- ing . This quality distinguishes all his works , and is shown almost equally in all of them . As a painter of real life ...
Contents
The Excursion being a portion of the Recluse | 1 |
On the Light of the Cassegrainian Telescope com | 31 |
Select Passages of the Writings of St Chrysostom | 58 |
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