The National Review, Volume 4W.H. Allen, 1884 - English literature |
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Page 43
... better parts of the picture , but they partake too much of the bilious hue of the soil from which they spring to be dignified as distinct and separate objects . Taking the officers ' houses in detail , we have here and there a ...
... better parts of the picture , but they partake too much of the bilious hue of the soil from which they spring to be dignified as distinct and separate objects . Taking the officers ' houses in detail , we have here and there a ...
Page 262
... better than their reputation . " It will be charitable now to think that they are not only " not so black as they are painted , " but not even so black as they paint themselves . There is no branch of Italian literature so flourishing ...
... better than their reputation . " It will be charitable now to think that they are not only " not so black as they are painted , " but not even so black as they paint themselves . There is no branch of Italian literature so flourishing ...
Page 854
... better than open immorality , just as hypocrisy , whatever the French may say , is better than advertised impiety . It is idle to assert that one generation is more immoral in secret than another ; a generation can only be judged by the ...
... better than open immorality , just as hypocrisy , whatever the French may say , is better than advertised impiety . It is idle to assert that one generation is more immoral in secret than another ; a generation can only be judged by the ...
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