Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4D. Appleton, 1879 |
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... nature , that the hustings , the treasury , the exchequer , the House of Commons , the House of Lords , left him the same dreaming schoolboy that they found him . When we compare the two interesting works of which we have been speaking ...
... nature , that the hustings , the treasury , the exchequer , the House of Commons , the House of Lords , left him the same dreaming schoolboy that they found him . When we compare the two interesting works of which we have been speaking ...
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... Nature , or habit which had become nature , asserted its rights . Mr. Fox wrote debates . Sir James Mackintosh spoke essays . As far as mere diction was concerned , indeed , Mr. Fox did his best to avoid those faults which the habit of ...
... Nature , or habit which had become nature , asserted its rights . Mr. Fox wrote debates . Sir James Mackintosh spoke essays . As far as mere diction was concerned , indeed , Mr. Fox did his best to avoid those faults which the habit of ...
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... natural place , we should leave them to their natural fate . We would not stoop to defend Sir James Mackintosh from the attacks of fourth - rate maga- zines and pothouse newspapers . But here his own fame is turned against him . A book ...
... natural place , we should leave them to their natural fate . We would not stoop to defend Sir James Mackintosh from the attacks of fourth - rate maga- zines and pothouse newspapers . But here his own fame is turned against him . A book ...
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... natural , but inevitable , that those who had only seen the first act should be ignorant of the catastrophe , and should be alter- nately elated and depressed as the plot went on disclosing itself to them . A man who had held exactly ...
... natural , but inevitable , that those who had only seen the first act should be ignorant of the catastrophe , and should be alter- nately elated and depressed as the plot went on disclosing itself to them . A man who had held exactly ...
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... natural that such men should see in the victory of the third estate in France the dawn of a new Saturnian age . It was natural that the disappointment should be proportioned to the extravagance of their hopes . Though the direction of ...
... natural that such men should see in the victory of the third estate in France the dawn of a new Saturnian age . It was natural that the disappointment should be proportioned to the extravagance of their hopes . Though the direction of ...
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