Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1914 |
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... kind and the same degree of respectful admiration . The moral sensibility of the writer seems at once to be morbidly obtuse and morbidly acute . Two characters altogether dissimilar are united in him . They are not merely joined , but ...
... kind and the same degree of respectful admiration . The moral sensibility of the writer seems at once to be morbidly obtuse and morbidly acute . Two characters altogether dissimilar are united in him . They are not merely joined , but ...
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... kind of wickedness under their patronage , and wonder at the depravity of their ancestors . Nor is this all . Posterity , that high court of appeal which is never tired of eulogising its own justice and discernment , acts on such ...
... kind of wickedness under their patronage , and wonder at the depravity of their ancestors . Nor is this all . Posterity , that high court of appeal which is never tired of eulogising its own justice and discernment , acts on such ...
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... kind of its excellence . There are compositions which indicate still greater talent , and which are perused with still greater delight , from which we should have drawn very different conclusions . Books quite worthless are quite ...
... kind of its excellence . There are compositions which indicate still greater talent , and which are perused with still greater delight , from which we should have drawn very different conclusions . Books quite worthless are quite ...
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... kind of proof charge . A faith which stands that test will stand any The prophecies of Brothers and the miracles of Prince Hohenlohe sink to trifles in the comparison . test . No pro- One reservation , indeed , must be made . The books ...
... kind of proof charge . A faith which stands that test will stand any The prophecies of Brothers and the miracles of Prince Hohenlohe sink to trifles in the comparison . test . No pro- One reservation , indeed , must be made . The books ...
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... kind had taken place in the south . The temper of Italy and Spain was widely different from that of Germany and England . As the national feeling of the Teutonic nations impelled them to throw off the Italian supremacy , so the national ...
... kind had taken place in the south . The temper of Italy and Spain was widely different from that of Germany and England . As the national feeling of the Teutonic nations impelled them to throw off the Italian supremacy , so the national ...
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