Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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... head of a clan ? ' 2 The composition of this eminent Latinist , short as it is , contains several words that are just as much Coptic as Latin , to say nothing of the incorrect structure of the sentence . The word Philarchus , even if it ...
... head of a clan ? ' 2 The composition of this eminent Latinist , short as it is , contains several words that are just as much Coptic as Latin , to say nothing of the incorrect structure of the sentence . The word Philarchus , even if it ...
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... that this passage bears a very close resemblance to a passage in the Rambler ( No. 20 ) . The resem blance may possibly be the effect of unconscious plagiarism . assembled those heads which live for ever on the canvas.
... that this passage bears a very close resemblance to a passage in the Rambler ( No. 20 ) . The resem blance may possibly be the effect of unconscious plagiarism . assembled those heads which live for ever on the canvas.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. assembled those heads which live for ever on the canvas of Reynolds . There are the spectacles of Burke and the tall thin form of Langton , the courtly sneer of Beauclerk and the beaming smile of ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. assembled those heads which live for ever on the canvas of Reynolds . There are the spectacles of Burke and the tall thin form of Langton , the courtly sneer of Beauclerk and the beaming smile of ...
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... head ; but methought I saw as if the sun that shineth in the heavens did grudge to give me light ; and as if the very stones in the street , and tiles upon the houses , did band themselves against me . Me- thought that they all combined ...
... head ; but methought I saw as if the sun that shineth in the heavens did grudge to give me light ; and as if the very stones in the street , and tiles upon the houses , did band themselves against me . Me- thought that they all combined ...
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... head of his countrymen , and right before the face and across the path of tyranny . The times grew darker and more troubled . Public service , perilous , arduous , delicate , was required ; and to every service the intellect and the ...
... head of his countrymen , and right before the face and across the path of tyranny . The times grew darker and more troubled . Public service , perilous , arduous , delicate , was required ; and to every service the intellect and the ...
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