Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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... absurd note never penned . The History of Prince Titi , to which Mr. Croker refers , whether written by Prince Frederick or by Ralph , was certainly never published . If Mr. Croker had taken the trouble to read with attention that very ...
... absurd note never penned . The History of Prince Titi , to which Mr. Croker refers , whether written by Prince Frederick or by Ralph , was certainly never published . If Mr. Croker had taken the trouble to read with attention that very ...
Page 14
... absurd . ' He probably said — some passages of them — for there are none of Juvenal's satires to which the same objection may be made as to one of Horace's , that it is altogether gross and licentious . ' 1 Surely Mr. Croker can never ...
... absurd . ' He probably said — some passages of them — for there are none of Juvenal's satires to which the same objection may be made as to one of Horace's , that it is altogether gross and licentious . ' 1 Surely Mr. Croker can never ...
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... absurd . His disser- tations on hereditary gentility , on the slave - trade , and on the entailing of landed estates , may serve as examples . To say that these passages are sophistical would be to pay them an extravagant compliment ...
... absurd . His disser- tations on hereditary gentility , on the slave - trade , and on the entailing of landed estates , may serve as examples . To say that these passages are sophistical would be to pay them an extravagant compliment ...
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... absurd romance about some intelligence preternaturally impressed on the mind of that nobleman . He avows himself to be in great doubt about the truth of the story , and ends by warning his readers not wholly to slight such impressions ...
... absurd romance about some intelligence preternaturally impressed on the mind of that nobleman . He avows himself to be in great doubt about the truth of the story , and ends by warning his readers not wholly to slight such impressions ...
Page 47
... absurd extravagances of party spirit , from rants which , in everything but the diction , resembled those of Squire Western . He was , as a politician , half ice and half fire . the side of his intellect he was a mere Pococurante , far ...
... absurd extravagances of party spirit , from rants which , in everything but the diction , resembled those of Squire Western . He was , as a politician , half ice and half fire . the side of his intellect he was a mere Pococurante , far ...
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