The Contemporary Review, 37. köideA. Strahan, 1880 |
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... give us no idea of Rousseau himself , nor of the effect produced by him , if we had not the " Confessions , " which make us realize the genius of the man . How much more , in the case of Johnson's colourless , formal productions , do we ...
... give us no idea of Rousseau himself , nor of the effect produced by him , if we had not the " Confessions , " which make us realize the genius of the man . How much more , in the case of Johnson's colourless , formal productions , do we ...
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... gives you a heart - ache in the bad sense . This suffices to give him high rank . It places him by the side of men like Goldsmith and Scott , whose great glory it is that they are always ready to reconcile us to human nature when we ...
... gives you a heart - ache in the bad sense . This suffices to give him high rank . It places him by the side of men like Goldsmith and Scott , whose great glory it is that they are always ready to reconcile us to human nature when we ...
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... gives him the bit of peach - blossom paper which she wears in her hair , and with which he returns to the Yamun in the ... give my decisions . As a reward for Paou's exertions I shall petition the Emperor to promote him three steps . The ...
... gives him the bit of peach - blossom paper which she wears in her hair , and with which he returns to the Yamun in the ... give my decisions . As a reward for Paou's exertions I shall petition the Emperor to promote him three steps . The ...
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... give these two thoughts out as permanent doctrinal views upon whose unambiguous understanding I could here already reckon ; for I really intend by them to do no more than describe the disposition and the prejudices -prejudices still ...
... give these two thoughts out as permanent doctrinal views upon whose unambiguous understanding I could here already reckon ; for I really intend by them to do no more than describe the disposition and the prejudices -prejudices still ...
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... give a scientific justification of a view which I could , of course , previously describe only as a prejudice of my own , as the subjective principle which impelled me . And now the question which I had to leave unanswered at first ...
... give a scientific justification of a view which I could , of course , previously describe only as a prejudice of my own , as the subjective principle which impelled me . And now the question which I had to leave unanswered at first ...
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