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Pagina 3
... tion , during which wit had been led astray by profligacy and virtue by fanaticism . " This verdict of a great critic is accepted by an age to which the grounds of it are perhaps not very apparent . The author of any ideal creation — a ...
... tion , during which wit had been led astray by profligacy and virtue by fanaticism . " This verdict of a great critic is accepted by an age to which the grounds of it are perhaps not very apparent . The author of any ideal creation — a ...
Pagina 6
... favouring conditions of nature and society , but quite as much to the genius of great individuals who pre- pared the mind of the nation for the gradual assimila- tion of new ideas . Thus Langland and Wycliffe and 6 [ CHAP . ADDISON .
... favouring conditions of nature and society , but quite as much to the genius of great individuals who pre- pared the mind of the nation for the gradual assimila- tion of new ideas . Thus Langland and Wycliffe and 6 [ CHAP . ADDISON .
Pagina 7
William John Courthope. tion of new ideas . Thus Langland and Wycliffe and their numerous followers , long before the Reformation , had so familiarised the minds of the people with their ideas of the Christian religion that the Sovereign ...
William John Courthope. tion of new ideas . Thus Langland and Wycliffe and their numerous followers , long before the Reformation , had so familiarised the minds of the people with their ideas of the Christian religion that the Sovereign ...
Pagina 8
... tion of the state of society after the Restoration is required to place in its full light the extraordinary merits of the success that he achieved . There was , to begin with , a vehement opposition between town and country . In the ...
... tion of the state of society after the Restoration is required to place in its full light the extraordinary merits of the success that he achieved . There was , to begin with , a vehement opposition between town and country . In the ...
Pagina 10
... tion . Sir Andrew Freeport excites in us less interest than any member of the Spectator's Club . There was not yet constituted among the upper middle classes that mixed conception of good feeling , good breeding , and good taste which ...
... tion . Sir Andrew Freeport excites in us less interest than any member of the Spectator's Club . There was not yet constituted among the upper middle classes that mixed conception of good feeling , good breeding , and good taste which ...
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