Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent, 1919 |
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Page 11
... thought utterly impossible , till , towards the close of the fifteenth century , the rude mountaineers of Switzerland dissolved the spell , and astounded the most experienced generals by receiving the dreaded shock on an impenetrable ...
... thought utterly impossible , till , towards the close of the fifteenth century , the rude mountaineers of Switzerland dissolved the spell , and astounded the most experienced generals by receiving the dreaded shock on an impenetrable ...
Page 18
... thought and sedentary habits , lips formed with feminine delicacy , but compressed with more than masculine decision , mark out men at once enterprising and timid , men equally skilled in detecting the purposes of others and in ...
... thought and sedentary habits , lips formed with feminine delicacy , but compressed with more than masculine decision , mark out men at once enterprising and timid , men equally skilled in detecting the purposes of others and in ...
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... thought is original . On the peculiar immorality which has rendered The Prince unpopular , and which is almost equally discernible in the Discourses , we have already given our opinion at length . We have attempted to show that it ...
... thought is original . On the peculiar immorality which has rendered The Prince unpopular , and which is almost equally discernible in the Discourses , we have already given our opinion at length . We have attempted to show that it ...
Page 33
... thought , and propriety of diction , are com- monly found together . Obscurity and affectation are the two greatest faults of style . Obscurity of expression generally springs from confusion of ideas ; and the same wish to dazzle at any ...
... thought , and propriety of diction , are com- monly found together . Obscurity and affectation are the two greatest faults of style . Obscurity of expression generally springs from confusion of ideas ; and the same wish to dazzle at any ...
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... thought enough on these questions to be fully entitled to the praise which Voltaire gives to Zadig . " Il en savait ce qu'on en a su dans tous les âges ; c'est - à - dire , fort peu de chose . " The book of Job shows that , long before ...
... thought enough on these questions to be fully entitled to the praise which Voltaire gives to Zadig . " Il en savait ce qu'on en a su dans tous les âges ; c'est - à - dire , fort peu de chose . " The book of Job shows that , long before ...
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