The Edinburgh Literary Journal: Or, Weekly Register of Criticism and Belles Lettres, Volume 1Ballantyne, 1829 - Great Britain Vol. 2 includes "The poet Shelley--his unpublished work, T̀he wandering Jew'" (p. 43-45, [57]-60) |
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... readers by ill - digested speculations , in which a cer- tain sparkling facility of diction might occupy the place of those solid conclusions to be alone deduced from care- ful and accurate inquiry . Never may we be led to speak of the ...
... readers by ill - digested speculations , in which a cer- tain sparkling facility of diction might occupy the place of those solid conclusions to be alone deduced from care- ful and accurate inquiry . Never may we be led to speak of the ...
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... readers will not give themselves the trouble to penetrate deeper in search of them . There are three scraps of poetry , too , by the same author , which we perused with interest ; for all that remains of Shelley tends to throw some ...
... readers will not give themselves the trouble to penetrate deeper in search of them . There are three scraps of poetry , too , by the same author , which we perused with interest ; for all that remains of Shelley tends to throw some ...
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... readers some substantial knowledge of the literary merits of our modern drama , and to inspire them also , if the inspiration be not their own already , with a love for all the ancient glories of the British stage . Two good ends will ...
... readers some substantial knowledge of the literary merits of our modern drama , and to inspire them also , if the inspiration be not their own already , with a love for all the ancient glories of the British stage . Two good ends will ...
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... readers , from a very high source , the following interesting literary information upon various subjects ; and to be able to promise a continuation of these letters from time to time . ] THE literary campaign is now about to open , and ...
... readers , from a very high source , the following interesting literary information upon various subjects ; and to be able to promise a continuation of these letters from time to time . ] THE literary campaign is now about to open , and ...
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... READERS . NOTWITHSTANDING all the pains which may have been bestow- ed upon it , we believe it has been invariably found impossible to make the first Number of a new periodical work exactly what was desired . Whatever opinion our readers ...
... READERS . NOTWITHSTANDING all the pains which may have been bestow- ed upon it , we believe it has been invariably found impossible to make the first Number of a new periodical work exactly what was desired . Whatever opinion our readers ...
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Page 40 - Upon my mother's face, Or seen her pale expressive smile Of melancholy grace. One night — I do remember well, The wind was howling high, And through the ancient corridors It sounded drearily — I sat and read in that old hall ; My uncle sat close by. I read — but little understood The words upon the book ; For with a sidelong glance I marked My uncle's fearful look.
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