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Page 8
Things would, nevertheless, not have come to that pass had not that section of
Liberals, who are called "National Liberals," in the course of years approached
more and more to the reactionary group in Parliament, and had not the more ...
Things would, nevertheless, not have come to that pass had not that section of
Liberals, who are called "National Liberals," in the course of years approached
more and more to the reactionary group in Parliament, and had not the more ...
Page 9
In course of time that Clericalist party had constituted Itself as what was called a
regular secondary, or collateral, government (Neben-Regierung). One of theirs,
the very man who Is now expected to be its leader in the new Reichstag, had for ...
In course of time that Clericalist party had constituted Itself as what was called a
regular secondary, or collateral, government (Neben-Regierung). One of theirs,
the very man who Is now expected to be its leader in the new Reichstag, had for ...
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As a direct literary influence Longfellow has practically ceased to exist at the
present time — that is to say. he does not influence the men who write for writers.
Modern journalists, of course, have no time to read anything but ephemeral ...
As a direct literary influence Longfellow has practically ceased to exist at the
present time — that is to say. he does not influence the men who write for writers.
Modern journalists, of course, have no time to read anything but ephemeral ...
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He is not, of course, a great poet, nor to be compared for a moment with
Wordsworth, Tennyson, or Swinburne. Yet the gulf between him and those great
names is insignificant in comparison with the abyss between him and the latter-
day ...
He is not, of course, a great poet, nor to be compared for a moment with
Wordsworth, Tennyson, or Swinburne. Yet the gulf between him and those great
names is insignificant in comparison with the abyss between him and the latter-
day ...
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That is, of course, extempore; but it is to be hoped that the reader will note the "
minute ecstasy of rhythm" and subtle shifting of the accent in the fourth line; for a
Celt, in editing Spenser, has recently declared it is in these little matters that the ...
That is, of course, extempore; but it is to be hoped that the reader will note the "
minute ecstasy of rhythm" and subtle shifting of the accent in the fourth line; for a
Celt, in editing Spenser, has recently declared it is in these little matters that the ...
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