Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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Page 33
... passed away . The age of general curiosity and in- telligence had not arrived . The number of readers is at present so great that a popular author may sub- sist in comfort and opulence on the profits of his works . In the reigns of ...
... passed away . The age of general curiosity and in- telligence had not arrived . The number of readers is at present so great that a popular author may sub- sist in comfort and opulence on the profits of his works . In the reigns of ...
Page 34
... passed through the crowd of his suitors to welcome Parnell , when that ingenious writer deserted the Whigs . Steele was a commissioner of stamps and a member of Parliament . Arthur Mainwaring was a commissioner of the customs , and ...
... passed through the crowd of his suitors to welcome Parnell , when that ingenious writer deserted the Whigs . Steele was a commissioner of stamps and a member of Parliament . Arthur Mainwaring was a commissioner of the customs , and ...
Page 35
... passed to a man who cared little for poetry or eloquence . The importance of the House of Commons was constantly on the increase . The government was under the necessity of bartering for Parliamentary support much of that patronage ...
... passed to a man who cared little for poetry or eloquence . The importance of the House of Commons was constantly on the increase . The government was under the necessity of bartering for Parliamentary support much of that patronage ...
Page 36
... passing over him . The lean kine had eaten up the fat kine . The thin and withered ears had devoured the good ears . season of rich harvest was over , and the period of famine had begun . All that is squalid and miserable might now be ...
... passing over him . The lean kine had eaten up the fat kine . The thin and withered ears had devoured the good ears . season of rich harvest was over , and the period of famine had begun . All that is squalid and miserable might now be ...
Page 40
... passed had given to his demeanour , and even to his moral character , some peculiarities appalling to the civilised beings who were the companions of his old age . The perverse irregularity of his hours , the sloven- liness of his ...
... passed had given to his demeanour , and even to his moral character , some peculiarities appalling to the civilised beings who were the companions of his old age . The perverse irregularity of his hours , the sloven- liness of his ...
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