The Spirit of the Age: Or Contemporary PortraitsOxford University Press, 1960 - 302 стор. |
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... less variety and vividness , with less subtlety and susceptibility both of thought and feeling , has had firmer nerves , a more determined purpose , a more comprehensive grasp of his subject ; and the results are as we find them . Each ...
... less variety and vividness , with less subtlety and susceptibility both of thought and feeling , has had firmer nerves , a more determined purpose , a more comprehensive grasp of his subject ; and the results are as we find them . Each ...
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... less cordial or conciliating . He is less vain , or has less hope of pleasing , and therefore lays himself less out to please . There is an air of con- descension in his civility . With a tall , loose figure , a peaked austerity of ...
... less cordial or conciliating . He is less vain , or has less hope of pleasing , and therefore lays himself less out to please . There is an air of con- descension in his civility . With a tall , loose figure , a peaked austerity of ...
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... less glowing aspect and less tumult in the veins than Lord Byron's on similar occasions , bends a calmer and keener eye on mortality ; the impression , if less vivid , is more pleasing and permanent ; and we con- fess it ( perhaps it is ...
... less glowing aspect and less tumult in the veins than Lord Byron's on similar occasions , bends a calmer and keener eye on mortality ; the impression , if less vivid , is more pleasing and permanent ; and we con- fess it ( perhaps it is ...
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