Critical and Historical Essays1951 |
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Page 155
... effect of reality . No man , whatever his sensibility may be , is ever affected by Hamlet or Lear , as a little girl is affected by the story of poor Red Riding - hood . She knows that it is all false , that wolves cannot speak , that ...
... effect of reality . No man , whatever his sensibility may be , is ever affected by Hamlet or Lear , as a little girl is affected by the story of poor Red Riding - hood . She knows that it is all false , that wolves cannot speak , that ...
Page 323
... effect of this change was important . The indirect effect has been more important still . From that time the House of Commons has been really the paramount power in the State . It has , in truth , appointed and removed ministers ...
... effect of this change was important . The indirect effect has been more important still . From that time the House of Commons has been really the paramount power in the State . It has , in truth , appointed and removed ministers ...
Page 461
... effect of sincere admiration and of anxiety for the public interests , might have been justly called servile . They ... effect . For though Pitt's spirit was high and manly , though his eloquence was often exerted with formidable effect ...
... effect of sincere admiration and of anxiety for the public interests , might have been justly called servile . They ... effect . For though Pitt's spirit was high and manly , though his eloquence was often exerted with formidable effect ...
Contents
HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
INDEX | 38 |
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