Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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Page 29
... considered as making a book valuable , were utterly wanting to him . He had , indeed , a quick observation and a retentive memory . These qualities , if he had been a man of sense and virtue , would scarcely of themselves have sufficed ...
... considered as making a book valuable , were utterly wanting to him . He had , indeed , a quick observation and a retentive memory . These qualities , if he had been a man of sense and virtue , would scarcely of themselves have sufficed ...
Page 30
... considered as one . To admire the book is to admire the author . The case of Boswell is an exception , we think the only exception , to this rule . His work is universally allowed to be interesting , instructive , eminently original ...
... considered as one . To admire the book is to admire the author . The case of Boswell is an exception , we think the only exception , to this rule . His work is universally allowed to be interesting , instructive , eminently original ...
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... considered as idle . He had eminent talents for governments and for debate . But he had paid little attention to books , and felt little respect for authors . One of the coarse jokes of his friend , Sir Charles Hanbury Williams , was ...
... considered as idle . He had eminent talents for governments and for debate . But he had paid little attention to books , and felt little respect for authors . One of the coarse jokes of his friend , Sir Charles Hanbury Williams , was ...
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... considered as a luxury reserved for the idle and the wealthy . A washer- woman , left a widow with nine small children , would not have sobbed herself to death . A person who troubled himself so little about small or sentimental ...
... considered as a luxury reserved for the idle and the wealthy . A washer- woman , left a widow with nine small children , would not have sobbed herself to death . A person who troubled himself so little about small or sentimental ...
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... person who had really obtained an insight into the divine philo- sophy of the New Testament , and who considered Christianity as a noble scheme of government , tending to promote the happiness and to elevate the moral nature.
... person who had really obtained an insight into the divine philo- sophy of the New Testament , and who considered Christianity as a noble scheme of government , tending to promote the happiness and to elevate the moral nature.
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