Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1J. M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 267
... Letters of Phalaris the best Letters in the world . On the merit of the Letters of Phalaris he dwells with great warmth and with extraordinary felicity of language . Indeed we could hardly select a more favourable specimen of the ...
... Letters of Phalaris the best Letters in the world . On the merit of the Letters of Phalaris he dwells with great warmth and with extraordinary felicity of language . Indeed we could hardly select a more favourable specimen of the ...
Page 345
... letters . His bitter , scoffing , depreciating disposition does not show itself in so unmitigated a manner as in his Memoirs . A writer of letters must in general be civil and friendly to his correspondent at least , if to no other ...
... letters . His bitter , scoffing , depreciating disposition does not show itself in so unmitigated a manner as in his Memoirs . A writer of letters must in general be civil and friendly to his correspondent at least , if to no other ...
Page 574
... letters . The argument from inferiority , at all events , is one which may be urged with at least equal force against every claimant that has ever been mentioned , with the single exception of Burke ; and it would be a waste of time to ...
... letters . The argument from inferiority , at all events , is one which may be urged with at least equal force against every claimant that has ever been mentioned , with the single exception of Burke ; and it would be a waste of time to ...
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