Literature and Its ProfessorsBell & Daldy, 1867 - 292 páginas |
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... lived have written biography . Boswell was 66 one of the smallest men that ever lived , and he " has beaten them all . " This dictum is elegantly and plainly expressed ; the meaning cannot be missed -but , is it just ? If Homer is a ...
... lived have written biography . Boswell was 66 one of the smallest men that ever lived , and he " has beaten them all . " This dictum is elegantly and plainly expressed ; the meaning cannot be missed -but , is it just ? If Homer is a ...
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... lived , inasmuch as his nature , as far as I have been able to discover it from his life and works , appears to have been composed of all the elements that go to form a bigot . He thoroughly believed in himself , and could not conceive ...
... lived , inasmuch as his nature , as far as I have been able to discover it from his life and works , appears to have been composed of all the elements that go to form a bigot . He thoroughly believed in himself , and could not conceive ...
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... parson's madness . Such was the first appearance of Jonathan Swift on the scene where afterwards he was to be the moving spirit . He lived from 1667 to 1745 , having HIS POWER AND FAME . 233 for contemporaries six English 232 SWIFT .
... parson's madness . Such was the first appearance of Jonathan Swift on the scene where afterwards he was to be the moving spirit . He lived from 1667 to 1745 , having HIS POWER AND FAME . 233 for contemporaries six English 232 SWIFT .
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MEN OF LETTERS | 1 |
CRITICISM | 14 |
THE PROVINCE OF THE ANONYMOUS | 34 |
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