Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1930 |
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Page 16
... doubt that he was a much less depraved man than Wild . The deed for which Mrs. Brownrigg was hanged sinks into nothing , when compared with the conduct of the Roman who treated the public to a hundred pair of gladiators . Yet we should ...
... doubt that he was a much less depraved man than Wild . The deed for which Mrs. Brownrigg was hanged sinks into nothing , when compared with the conduct of the Roman who treated the public to a hundred pair of gladiators . Yet we should ...
Page 189
... doubt greatly whether they will be read fifty years hence ; but that , if they are read , they will be admired , we have no doubt whatever . But , though in general we prefer Mr. Southey's poetry to his prose , we must make one ...
... doubt greatly whether they will be read fifty years hence ; but that , if they are read , they will be admired , we have no doubt whatever . But , though in general we prefer Mr. Southey's poetry to his prose , we must make one ...
Page 222
... doubt it . Other countries have outrun them . But we suspect that they have been positively , though not relatively , advancing . We suspect that Holland is richer than when she sent her navies up the Thames , that Spain is richer than ...
... doubt it . Other countries have outrun them . But we suspect that they have been positively , though not relatively , advancing . We suspect that Holland is richer than when she sent her navies up the Thames , that Spain is richer than ...
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