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Page 190
In the first place , his manner , even in youth , was never terse . To no one more
completely than to him might Coleridge ' s apophthegm , Genius is always subtle
, but never keen , ' have been applied . His style was not lax , but it was always ...
In the first place , his manner , even in youth , was never terse . To no one more
completely than to him might Coleridge ' s apophthegm , Genius is always subtle
, but never keen , ' have been applied . His style was not lax , but it was always ...
Page 195
Sympathy was never denied him , either in his affections or in his intellectual
labours ; and the few whose approbation he valued gave it unstintedly to his
books . But the deep central loneliness persisted . His eager admiration of what
others ...
Sympathy was never denied him , either in his affections or in his intellectual
labours ; and the few whose approbation he valued gave it unstintedly to his
books . But the deep central loneliness persisted . His eager admiration of what
others ...
Page 300
The rationing of bread was always — though at times with very great difficulty -
avoided ; the rationing of potatoes was never really considered . Bread indeed
was artificially cheapened , so that the poorest of our people could always fall
back ...
The rationing of bread was always — though at times with very great difficulty -
avoided ; the rationing of potatoes was never really considered . Bread indeed
was artificially cheapened , so that the poorest of our people could always fall
back ...
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