Histoire de la littérature anglaise, Volume 4Hachette, 1869 |
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Page 86
... whole body of British men of letters , and I defy you to point out among them a single instance of vulgarity , or envy , or assumption . Men and women , as far as I have known them , they are all mo- dest in their demeanour , elegant in ...
... whole body of British men of letters , and I defy you to point out among them a single instance of vulgarity , or envy , or assumption . Men and women , as far as I have known them , they are all mo- dest in their demeanour , elegant in ...
Page 152
... whole chapter of Epictetus . Πρὸς τοὺς τὴν απορίαν δεδοικότας . The Baconian cens- tructs a diving - bell , goes down in it , and returns with the most precious effects from the wreck . It would by easy to multiply illus- trations of ...
... whole chapter of Epictetus . Πρὸς τοὺς τὴν απορίαν δεδοικότας . The Baconian cens- tructs a diving - bell , goes down in it , and returns with the most precious effects from the wreck . It would by easy to multiply illus- trations of ...
Page 186
... whole book , and every component part of it , is on a gigantic scale . The title is as long as an ordinary preface : the prefatory matter would furnish out an ordinary book ; and the book contains as much reading as an ordinary library ...
... whole book , and every component part of it , is on a gigantic scale . The title is as long as an ordinary preface : the prefatory matter would furnish out an ordinary book ; and the book contains as much reading as an ordinary library ...
Page 207
... whole apparatus of beams , wheels , and ropes would soon come down in ruin , and , with all his geome- trical skill , he would be found a far inferior builder to those painted barbarians who , though they never heard of the ...
... whole apparatus of beams , wheels , and ropes would soon come down in ruin , and , with all his geome- trical skill , he would be found a far inferior builder to those painted barbarians who , though they never heard of the ...
Page 215
... whole population which he governed was not supposed to exceed two hundred souls . In the neighbourhood of the little cluster of villages was some copsewood and some pasture land : but a little further up the defile no sign of population ...
... whole population which he governed was not supposed to exceed two hundred souls . In the neighbourhood of the little cluster of villages was some copsewood and some pasture land : but a little further up the defile no sign of population ...
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