A Book of English Essays (1600-1900)Stanley Victor Makower, Basil H. Blackwell Oxford University Press, 1952 - 440 pages |
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Page 136
... called the patron who pre- sented us to the foundation ) lived in a manner under his paternal roof . Any complaint which he had to make was sure of being attended to . This was understood at Christ's , and was an effectual screen to him ...
... called the patron who pre- sented us to the foundation ) lived in a manner under his paternal roof . Any complaint which he had to make was sure of being attended to . This was understood at Christ's , and was an effectual screen to him ...
Page 202
... called Southampton Buildings . It was really a country neighbourhood . The Old Bourne ( Holborn ) ran by , with a bridge over it ; and Gray's Inn was an academic bower in the fields . The dinner does not much signify . The sparest or ...
... called Southampton Buildings . It was really a country neighbourhood . The Old Bourne ( Holborn ) ran by , with a bridge over it ; and Gray's Inn was an academic bower in the fields . The dinner does not much signify . The sparest or ...
Page 371
... the coming of what is called the modern spirit , with its realism , its appeal to experience ; it compre- hended a return to antiquity , and a return to nature . Raphael represents the return to anti- quity , LEONARDO DA VINCI 371.
... the coming of what is called the modern spirit , with its realism , its appeal to experience ; it compre- hended a return to antiquity , and a return to nature . Raphael represents the return to anti- quity , LEONARDO DA VINCI 371.
Contents
SIR THOMAS OVERBURY 15811613 | 9 |
SIR THOMAS BROWNE 16051682 | 16 |
THOMAS FULLER 16081661 | 22 |
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