Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1914 |
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Page 11
... thought utterly impossible , till , towards the close of the fifteenth century , the rude mountaineers of Switzerland dissolved the spell , and astounded the most experienced generals by receiving the dreaded shock on an impenetrable ...
... thought utterly impossible , till , towards the close of the fifteenth century , the rude mountaineers of Switzerland dissolved the spell , and astounded the most experienced generals by receiving the dreaded shock on an impenetrable ...
Page 14
... thought of shame , the tempest of passion with which he commits his crimes , and the haughty fearlessness with which he avows them , give an extraordinary interest to his character . Iago , on the contrary , is the object of universal ...
... thought of shame , the tempest of passion with which he commits his crimes , and the haughty fearlessness with which he avows them , give an extraordinary interest to his character . Iago , on the contrary , is the object of universal ...
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... thought and sedentary habits , lips formed with feminine delicacy , but compressed with more than masculine decision , mark out men at once enterprising and timid , men equally skilled in detecting the purposes of others , and in ...
... thought and sedentary habits , lips formed with feminine delicacy , but compressed with more than masculine decision , mark out men at once enterprising and timid , men equally skilled in detecting the purposes of others , and in ...
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... thought and language , should , at near sixty years of age , descend to such puerility , is utterly inconceivable . The little novel of Belphegor is pleasantly conceived and pleasantly told . But the extravagance of the satire in some ...
... thought and language , should , at near sixty years of age , descend to such puerility , is utterly inconceivable . The little novel of Belphegor is pleasantly conceived and pleasantly told . But the extravagance of the satire in some ...
Page 30
... thought is original . On the peculiar immorality which has rendered The Prince unpopular , and which is almost equally discernible in the Discourses , we have already given our opinion at length . We have attempted to show that it ...
... thought is original . On the peculiar immorality which has rendered The Prince unpopular , and which is almost equally discernible in the Discourses , we have already given our opinion at length . We have attempted to show that it ...
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