Views and reviewsDavid Nutt, 1908 |
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... modern writers almost from the outset of his career . But he had in him at least as much of the French artist as of the middle - class Englishman ; and if all his life he never ceased from self - education but went unswervingly in ...
... modern writers almost from the outset of his career . But he had in him at least as much of the French artist as of the middle - class Englishman ; and if all his life he never ceased from self - education but went unswervingly in ...
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... he may have been a faulty novelist but assuredly he was a rare artist in words . Setting aside Cardinal New- man's , the style he wrote is certainly less open to criticism than that of any other modern Englishman 18 VIEWS AND REVIEWS.
... he may have been a faulty novelist but assuredly he was a rare artist in words . Setting aside Cardinal New- man's , the style he wrote is certainly less open to criticism than that of any other modern Englishman 18 VIEWS AND REVIEWS.
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... modern Englishman . He was neither super- eloquent like Mr. Ruskin nor a Germanised Jeremy like Carlyle ; he was not marmoreally emphatic as Landor was , nor was he slovenly and inexpressive as was the great Sir Walter ; he neither ...
... modern Englishman . He was neither super- eloquent like Mr. Ruskin nor a Germanised Jeremy like Carlyle ; he was not marmoreally emphatic as Landor was , nor was he slovenly and inexpressive as was the great Sir Walter ; he neither ...
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... modern letters . These books abound in wit and daring , in originality and shrewd- ness , in knowledge of the world and in know- ledge of men ; they contain many vivid and His Novels . striking studies of character , both portrait and ...
... modern letters . These books abound in wit and daring , in originality and shrewd- ness , in knowledge of the world and in know- ledge of men ; they contain many vivid and His Novels . striking studies of character , both portrait and ...
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... modern art . Envy and scandal have done their worst now . The libeller has said his say ; the detectives who make a specialty of literary forgeries have proved their cases one and all ; the judges of matter have spoken , and so have the ...
... modern art . Envy and scandal have done their worst now . The libeller has said his say ; the detectives who make a specialty of literary forgeries have proved their cases one and all ; the judges of matter have spoken , and so have the ...
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