Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1914 |
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... expression indicating that dis- simulation and treachery had ever struck him as discreditable . After this , it may seem ridiculous to say that we are acquainted with few writings which exhibit so much elevation of sentiment , so pure ...
... expression indicating that dis- simulation and treachery had ever struck him as discreditable . After this , it may seem ridiculous to say that we are acquainted with few writings which exhibit so much elevation of sentiment , so pure ...
Page 33
... expression generally springs from confusion of ideas ; and the same wish to dazzle at any cost which produces affectation in the manner of a writer , is likely to produce sophistry in his reasonings . The judicious and candid mind of ...
... expression generally springs from confusion of ideas ; and the same wish to dazzle at any cost which produces affectation in the manner of a writer , is likely to produce sophistry in his reasonings . The judicious and candid mind of ...
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... expressions . The Papacy had lost all authority with all classes , from the great feudal princes down to the cultivators of the soil . The danger to the hierarchy was indeed formidable . Only one transalpine nation had emerged from ...
... expressions . The Papacy had lost all authority with all classes , from the great feudal princes down to the cultivators of the soil . The danger to the hierarchy was indeed formidable . Only one transalpine nation had emerged from ...
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... expression of Frederic , just as impossible as that fire and water should amalgamate . The whole history of the Continent , during two centuries and a half , had been the history of the mutual jealousies and enmities of France and ...
... expression of Frederic , just as impossible as that fire and water should amalgamate . The whole history of the Continent , during two centuries and a half , had been the history of the mutual jealousies and enmities of France and ...
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... expressing himself in a manner which it was impossible for the meekest of women to forgive ; and , unfortunately for ... expressions of esteem and friendship to her dear cousin , the daughter of the butcher Poisson , the wife of the ...
... expressing himself in a manner which it was impossible for the meekest of women to forgive ; and , unfortunately for ... expressions of esteem and friendship to her dear cousin , the daughter of the butcher Poisson , the wife of the ...
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