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Page 104
... give his Characters the quality of a De Hoogh , and his aphorisms the brilliant hardness of a Greek gem . Every detail , every rhythm , every word , is essential to the beauty of the whole ; and to destroy a single one of them is to ...
... give his Characters the quality of a De Hoogh , and his aphorisms the brilliant hardness of a Greek gem . Every detail , every rhythm , every word , is essential to the beauty of the whole ; and to destroy a single one of them is to ...
Page 154
... give his friends to understand it had been . For hardly more than a year , during the Italian cam- paign , he was in the army as a lieutenant of dragoons : the rest of his public service was spent in the commissariat department . The ...
... give his friends to understand it had been . For hardly more than a year , during the Italian cam- paign , he was in the army as a lieutenant of dragoons : the rest of his public service was spent in the commissariat department . The ...
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... give us may be seen with far greater detail in his miscellaneous writings . It is to these that his most modern ... gives it the air of being a parody of L'Esprit des Lois , is yet full of originality , of lively anecdote and keen ...
... give us may be seen with far greater detail in his miscellaneous writings . It is to these that his most modern ... gives it the air of being a parody of L'Esprit des Lois , is yet full of originality , of lively anecdote and keen ...
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SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
RABELAIS The New Statesman Feb 16 1918 CHARAC | 31 |
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