De Quincey's Writings: Narrative and miscellaneous papers. 1853Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1856 |
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... philosophic spirit in which Dr. Nichol's works are framed , the breadth of his views , the eternal tendency of his steps in advance , or ( if advance on that quarter or at that point happens to be absolutely walled out for the present ) ...
... philosophic spirit in which Dr. Nichol's works are framed , the breadth of his views , the eternal tendency of his steps in advance , or ( if advance on that quarter or at that point happens to be absolutely walled out for the present ) ...
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... philosophic view , primus in orbe deos fecit timor - meaning by fecit even so much as raised into light . As Burke re- marked , the timor at least must be presumed to pre- exist , and must be accounted for , if not the gods . If the ...
... philosophic view , primus in orbe deos fecit timor - meaning by fecit even so much as raised into light . As Burke re- marked , the timor at least must be presumed to pre- exist , and must be accounted for , if not the gods . If the ...
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... ( philosophic we cannot call it ) in pro- nouncing the miraculous extinct . The popular feeling is all in all . This function of miraculous power , which is most widely diffused through pagan and Christian ages alike , but which has the ...
... ( philosophic we cannot call it ) in pro- nouncing the miraculous extinct . The popular feeling is all in all . This function of miraculous power , which is most widely diffused through pagan and Christian ages alike , but which has the ...
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... philosophic curiosity on the real merits and on the separate merits of Samuel Taylor Coleridge . Coleridge as a poet , Coleridge as a philosopher , - how extensive are those questions , if those were all ! And upon neither question have ...
... philosophic curiosity on the real merits and on the separate merits of Samuel Taylor Coleridge . Coleridge as a poet , Coleridge as a philosopher , - how extensive are those questions , if those were all ! And upon neither question have ...
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... philosophic demand . Blind is that man who can persuade himself that the interest in Coleridge , taken as a total object , is becoming an obsolete interest . We are of opinion that even Milton , now viewed from a distance of two ...
... philosophic demand . Blind is that man who can persuade himself that the interest in Coleridge , taken as a total object , is becoming an obsolete interest . We are of opinion that even Milton , now viewed from a distance of two ...
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