The Spirit of the Age: Or Contemporary PortraitsOxford University Press, 1960 - 302 стор. |
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... question , ridicule and banter , a caustic remark or an amusing anecdote , whatever sets off the individual to advantage , or gratifies the curiosity or piques the self - love of the hearers , keeps attention alive and secures the ...
... question , ridicule and banter , a caustic remark or an amusing anecdote , whatever sets off the individual to advantage , or gratifies the curiosity or piques the self - love of the hearers , keeps attention alive and secures the ...
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... question , and changed the aspect of political economy in a decided and material point of view ; whether he has not also endeavoured to spread a gloom over the hopes and more sanguine speculations of man , and to cast a slur upon the ...
... question , and changed the aspect of political economy in a decided and material point of view ; whether he has not also endeavoured to spread a gloom over the hopes and more sanguine speculations of man , and to cast a slur upon the ...
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... question ; he is obliged by a mercurial habit and dis- position to vary his point of view . If he is ever tedious , it is from an excess of liveliness : he oppresses from a sense of airy lightness . He is always setting out on a fresh ...
... question ; he is obliged by a mercurial habit and dis- position to vary his point of view . If he is ever tedious , it is from an excess of liveliness : he oppresses from a sense of airy lightness . He is always setting out on a fresh ...
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