Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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... writer in the Morning Post . James de Duglas , ' says Mr. Croker , was requested by King Robert Bruce , in his last hours , to repair , with his heart , to Jerusalem , and humbly to deposit it at the sepulchre of our Lord , which he did ...
... writer in the Morning Post . James de Duglas , ' says Mr. Croker , was requested by King Robert Bruce , in his last hours , to repair , with his heart , to Jerusalem , and humbly to deposit it at the sepulchre of our Lord , which he did ...
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... writer , when we assure them that this statement , so confidently made , respecting events so notorious , is absolutely untrue ? One and the same administration was in office when the court - martial on Byng commenced its sittings ...
... writer , when we assure them that this statement , so confidently made , respecting events so notorious , is absolutely untrue ? One and the same administration was in office when the court - martial on Byng commenced its sittings ...
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... writer who , even when warned by the text on which he is commenting , falls into such mistakes as these , is entitled to no confidence whatever . Mr. Croker has com- mitted an error of five years with respect to the publication of ...
... writer who , even when warned by the text on which he is commenting , falls into such mistakes as these , is entitled to no confidence whatever . Mr. Croker has com- mitted an error of five years with respect to the publication of ...
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... writer who may follow him in relating a single anecdote or in assigning a date to a single event . Mr. Croker shows almost as much ignorance and heedlessness in his criticisms as in his statements con- cerning facts . Dr. Johnson said ...
... writer who may follow him in relating a single anecdote or in assigning a date to a single event . Mr. Croker shows almost as much ignorance and heedlessness in his criticisms as in his statements con- cerning facts . Dr. Johnson said ...
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... writers of the best age used the word píλapxos in the sense which we assign to it . Would Mr. Croker translate piλó- σopos , a man who acquires wisdom by means of love , or φιλοκερδής , a man who makes money by means of love ? In fact ...
... writers of the best age used the word píλapxos in the sense which we assign to it . Would Mr. Croker translate piλó- σopos , a man who acquires wisdom by means of love , or φιλοκερδής , a man who makes money by means of love ? In fact ...
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