Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1930 |
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Page 245
... human beings which exercises any power whatever , that is to say , every association of human beings , is bound , as such association , to profess a religion . Imagine the effect which would follow if this principle were really in force ...
... human beings which exercises any power whatever , that is to say , every association of human beings , is bound , as such association , to profess a religion . Imagine the effect which would follow if this principle were really in force ...
Page 363
... human race was still considered as unworthy of a man of learning . Those who undertook that task , if what they effected could be readily comprehended , were despised as mechanics ; if not , they were in danger of being burned as ...
... human race was still considered as unworthy of a man of learning . Those who undertook that task , if what they effected could be readily comprehended , were despised as mechanics ; if not , they were in danger of being burned as ...
Page 624
... human character and human life , far inferior to the English plays of the age of Elizabeth . Every scholar knows that the dramatic part of the Athenian tragedies was at first subordinate to the lyrical part . It would , therefore , have ...
... human character and human life , far inferior to the English plays of the age of Elizabeth . Every scholar knows that the dramatic part of the Athenian tragedies was at first subordinate to the lyrical part . It would , therefore , have ...
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