Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1914 |
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Page 19
... probably have attained the highest eminence , and pro- duced a permanent and salutary effect on the national taste . This we infer , not so much from the degree , as from the kind of its excellence . There are compositions which ...
... probably have attained the highest eminence , and pro- duced a permanent and salutary effect on the national taste . This we infer , not so much from the degree , as from the kind of its excellence . There are compositions which ...
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... probably be ruined , he spoke no more than the truth . He spoke to men whom the tribute of vanquished cities supplied with food and clothing , with the luxury of the bath and the amusements of the theatre , on whom the greatness of ...
... probably be ruined , he spoke no more than the truth . He spoke to men whom the tribute of vanquished cities supplied with food and clothing , with the luxury of the bath and the amusements of the theatre , on whom the greatness of ...
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... probably have fallen . But the chiefs of the expedition were divided by national and professional feelings , Dutch against English , and land against sea . Sparre , the Dutch general , was sulky and perverse . Bellasys , the English ...
... probably have fallen . But the chiefs of the expedition were divided by national and professional feelings , Dutch against English , and land against sea . Sparre , the Dutch general , was sulky and perverse . Bellasys , the English ...
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... probably have sided with him whom they would have considered as the rightful heir . Saint Simon , though much less zealous for hereditary monarchy than most of his countrymen , and though strongly attached to the Regent , declared , in ...
... probably have sided with him whom they would have considered as the rightful heir . Saint Simon , though much less zealous for hereditary monarchy than most of his countrymen , and though strongly attached to the Regent , declared , in ...
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... probably under arms ; and this great force had , by drilling , by reviewing , and by the unsparing use of cane and scourge , been taught to form all evolutions with a rapidity and a precision which would have astonished Villars or ...
... probably under arms ; and this great force had , by drilling , by reviewing , and by the unsparing use of cane and scourge , been taught to form all evolutions with a rapidity and a precision which would have astonished Villars or ...
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