The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, 12 tomasA. Constable, 1808 |
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... nature ; while the critics , and those who had gently hinted at the necessity of correction , will be more out of humour than the rest at this ap- parent neglect of their admonitions . For these , and for other reasons , we are inclined ...
... nature ; while the critics , and those who had gently hinted at the necessity of correction , will be more out of humour than the rest at this ap- parent neglect of their admonitions . For these , and for other reasons , we are inclined ...
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... nature to be easily comprehended and entered into by readers of all descriptions . Now , the leading incidents in this poem are of a very narrow and peculiar character , and are woven together into a petty intricacy and entanglement ...
... nature to be easily comprehended and entered into by readers of all descriptions . Now , the leading incidents in this poem are of a very narrow and peculiar character , and are woven together into a petty intricacy and entanglement ...
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... nature of the plot and the detection is very imperfectly explained , and , we will venture to say , is not fully understood by one half of those who have fairly read through every word of the quarto now before us . We would object , on ...
... nature of the plot and the detection is very imperfectly explained , and , we will venture to say , is not fully understood by one half of those who have fairly read through every word of the quarto now before us . We would object , on ...
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... nature , fully as picturesque , and as interesting , as the ribbons at the mane of Lord Marmion's horse , or his supper and breakfast at the castle of Norham . We are glad , indeed , to find these little details in old books , whether ...
... nature , fully as picturesque , and as interesting , as the ribbons at the mane of Lord Marmion's horse , or his supper and breakfast at the castle of Norham . We are glad , indeed , to find these little details in old books , whether ...
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... nature intermingled . There is a fine description of St Mary's loch , in that prefixed to the second canto ; and a very pleasing re- presentation of the author's early tastes and prejudices , in that prefixed to the third . The last ...
... nature intermingled . There is a fine description of St Mary's loch , in that prefixed to the second canto ; and a very pleasing re- presentation of the author's early tastes and prejudices , in that prefixed to the third . The last ...
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