History of English Literature, Том 1Holt & Williams, 1871 |
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... thought that I ought to indicate to the reader what plan I kept before me in writing the history of English Literature . Briefly stated , it was this : A nation lives twenty , thirty centuries and longer , and a man lives but sixty or ...
... thought that I ought to indicate to the reader what plan I kept before me in writing the history of English Literature . Briefly stated , it was this : A nation lives twenty , thirty centuries and longer , and a man lives but sixty or ...
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... thoughts for centuries back . The attempt was made , and it succeeded . Pondering on these modes of feeling and thought , men decided that in them were embalmed facts of the highest kind . They saw that these facts bore reference to the ...
... thoughts for centuries back . The attempt was made , and it succeeded . Pondering on these modes of feeling and thought , men decided that in them were embalmed facts of the highest kind . They saw that these facts bore reference to the ...
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... thought ; England , with its intellect so precise , so well calculated to grapple closely with moral questions , to render them exact by figures , weights and measures , geography , statistics , by quotation and by common sense ; France ...
... thought ; England , with its intellect so precise , so well calculated to grapple closely with moral questions , to render them exact by figures , weights and measures , geography , statistics , by quotation and by common sense ; France ...
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... thought ; and after covering the world with its works , involuntarily systematic , it has faded , it has died away , and lo , a new idea springs up , destined to a like domination , and the like number of creations . And here re- member ...
... thought ; and after covering the world with its works , involuntarily systematic , it has faded , it has died away , and lo , a new idea springs up , destined to a like domination , and the like number of creations . And here re- member ...
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... thought , when I saw it , of the ancient Saxons , wanderers from West and North , who came to settle in this land of marsh and fogs , on the border of these primeval forests , on the banks of these great muddy streams , which roll down ...
... thought , when I saw it , of the ancient Saxons , wanderers from West and North , who came to settle in this land of marsh and fogs , on the border of these primeval forests , on the banks of these great muddy streams , which roll down ...
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