Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1J. M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 276
... whole book a vehement , contentious , replying manner . Almost every argument is put in the form of an interrogation , an ejaculation , or a sarcasm . The writer seems to be addressing himself to some imaginary audience , to be tearing ...
... whole book a vehement , contentious , replying manner . Almost every argument is put in the form of an interrogation , an ejaculation , or a sarcasm . The writer seems to be addressing himself to some imaginary audience , to be tearing ...
Page 315
... whole power of licensing books would have been in the hands of Catholics . All this immense mass of power would have been steadily supported by the arms and by the gold of France , and would have descended to an heir whose whole ...
... whole power of licensing books would have been in the hands of Catholics . All this immense mass of power would have been steadily supported by the arms and by the gold of France , and would have descended to an heir whose whole ...
Page 486
... whole frame of society , this great monarchy , on the whole , retained , during some generations , an outward appearance of unity , majesty , and energy . But , throughout the long reign of Aurungzebe , the state , notwithstanding all ...
... whole frame of society , this great monarchy , on the whole , retained , during some generations , an outward appearance of unity , majesty , and energy . But , throughout the long reign of Aurungzebe , the state , notwithstanding all ...
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