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Pagina 8
... never so accessible in medieval times , they would have been of no value to the bulk of society , among whom very few could read or write . The man was the authority , not the book , and the clerk with his sermon in the neighbouring ...
... never so accessible in medieval times , they would have been of no value to the bulk of society , among whom very few could read or write . The man was the authority , not the book , and the clerk with his sermon in the neighbouring ...
Pagina 10
... never been out- lived . Hazlitt and Leigh Hunt are as truly preachers as Fuller and Baxter . Of the thirty - eight essayists who con- tribute to this volume , no less than fifteen were either ordained clergymen or were educated with a ...
... never been out- lived . Hazlitt and Leigh Hunt are as truly preachers as Fuller and Baxter . Of the thirty - eight essayists who con- tribute to this volume , no less than fifteen were either ordained clergymen or were educated with a ...
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... never yet received his full meed of recognition , Daniel Defoe , who attempted every form of literature common to his day , and achieved remarkable results in each . Defoe , as a realistic novelist , was the instructor of Fielding , as ...
... never yet received his full meed of recognition , Daniel Defoe , who attempted every form of literature common to his day , and achieved remarkable results in each . Defoe , as a realistic novelist , was the instructor of Fielding , as ...
Pagina 22
... never cites himself . Montaigne does little else ; he takes for subject his own love for Steven de la Boitie , who , at the time of writing , has been long dead . " Truly , " he says , " if I compare all the rest of my forepassed life ...
... never cites himself . Montaigne does little else ; he takes for subject his own love for Steven de la Boitie , who , at the time of writing , has been long dead . " Truly , " he says , " if I compare all the rest of my forepassed life ...
Pagina 28
... never quite threw off the earlier influence . He attempted many styles of essay - writing , but in none of them did he equal his model . When he preaches , the lesson which he inculcates is not often very profound . His chief quality is ...
... never quite threw off the earlier influence . He attempted many styles of essay - writing , but in none of them did he equal his model . When he preaches , the lesson which he inculcates is not often very profound . His chief quality is ...
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The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and Notes William James Dawson,Coningsby Dawson Volledige weergave - 1909 |
The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and Notes William James Dawson,Coningsby Dawson Volledige weergave - 1909 |
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