Philosophy of English Literature: A Course of Lectures Delivered in the Lowell InstituteG. P. Putnam, 1892 - 318 páginas |
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... are reaching . If they provoke question , they may not for that reason be less valuable , pro- vided the discussion leads to a better insight into principles . CONTENTS . INITIATIVE PERIOD . LAST HALF OF THE FOURTEENTH iv PREFACE .
... are reaching . If they provoke question , they may not for that reason be less valuable , pro- vided the discussion leads to a better insight into principles . CONTENTS . INITIATIVE PERIOD . LAST HALF OF THE FOURTEENTH iv PREFACE .
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... less numer- ous , but rather as referring by it to that tacit dec- laration which every man makes of the nature of life , its delights , its insights , its achievements ; and of the ministrations of God , society and nature to it . The ...
... less numer- ous , but rather as referring by it to that tacit dec- laration which every man makes of the nature of life , its delights , its insights , its achievements ; and of the ministrations of God , society and nature to it . The ...
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... less enterprise and less cultivation . than their invaders ; but more equality , greater lib- erty , and the hardihood of stubborn strength . Their rights were ill - defined , as those of a rude , independ- ent people are wont to be ...
... less enterprise and less cultivation . than their invaders ; but more equality , greater lib- erty , and the hardihood of stubborn strength . Their rights were ill - defined , as those of a rude , independ- ent people are wont to be ...
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... less than a third of that time , gained in the north of France , a new speech , and gave rise to a new national development . They did not , as the Saxons , expel and exclude those whom they in . vaded , but included them in a fresh ...
... less than a third of that time , gained in the north of France , a new speech , and gave rise to a new national development . They did not , as the Saxons , expel and exclude those whom they in . vaded , but included them in a fresh ...
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... less ; living on the lips of the people , Saxon speech suffered a rapid loss of inflections and construction . These , dropping off by misuse and disuse , left the English the most bald , but one of the most simple and serviceable of ...
... less ; living on the lips of the people , Saxon speech suffered a rapid loss of inflections and construction . These , dropping off by misuse and disuse , left the English the most bald , but one of the most simple and serviceable of ...
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