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... qualities made themselves felt to no small purpose , and Professor Raleigh in an interesting passage pays a high tribute to his powers : ' Most of the really difficult passages in Shakespeare are obscure not from the rarity of the words ...
... qualities made themselves felt to no small purpose , and Professor Raleigh in an interesting passage pays a high tribute to his powers : ' Most of the really difficult passages in Shakespeare are obscure not from the rarity of the words ...
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... qualities which it shares in common with their own . But , in general , it is precisely in its peculiar and unfamiliar qualities that the true greatness of a foreign literature is to be found . Thus for many years Tourgénieff , a writer ...
... qualities which it shares in common with their own . But , in general , it is precisely in its peculiar and unfamiliar qualities that the true greatness of a foreign literature is to be found . Thus for many years Tourgénieff , a writer ...
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... qualities : there is the natural and proper delight in the representation of things that are in themselves admirable , and there is the very different kind of pleasure which springs from a foolish self - complacency or a vulgar worship ...
... qualities : there is the natural and proper delight in the representation of things that are in themselves admirable , and there is the very different kind of pleasure which springs from a foolish self - complacency or a vulgar worship ...
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A New History of Rome Jan 2 1909 page | 13 |
Sir Henry Wotton Nov 23 1907 | 23 |
The Swan of Lichfield Dec 7 1907 | 33 |
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