The Spirit of the Age: Or Contemporary PortraitsOxford University Press, 1960 - 302 стор. |
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... fact or illustration . His writings are , therefore , chiefly valuable as books of reference , as bringing down the account of intellec- tual inquiry to the present period , and disposing the results in a compendious , connected , and ...
... fact or illustration . His writings are , therefore , chiefly valuable as books of reference , as bringing down the account of intellec- tual inquiry to the present period , and disposing the results in a compendious , connected , and ...
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... fact expounder of truth or fable : 1 he does not soar above and look down upon his sub- ject , imparting his own lofty views and feelings to his descriptions of nature he relies upon it , is raised by it , is one with it , or he is ...
... fact expounder of truth or fable : 1 he does not soar above and look down upon his sub- ject , imparting his own lofty views and feelings to his descriptions of nature he relies upon it , is raised by it , is one with it , or he is ...
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... fact , but in matters of fact of the most familiar , the least animating , and the most unpleasant kind . But he relies for the effect of novelty on the microscopic minuteness with which he dissects the most trivial objects , and for ...
... fact , but in matters of fact of the most familiar , the least animating , and the most unpleasant kind . But he relies for the effect of novelty on the microscopic minuteness with which he dissects the most trivial objects , and for ...
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