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... manners was but relative to the crudity and coarseness that had hitherto char- terised even the nobility . While ... manners do not make a gentleman , and that even surface manners , if they are to be truly well bred , must spring from ...
... manners was but relative to the crudity and coarseness that had hitherto char- terised even the nobility . While ... manners do not make a gentleman , and that even surface manners , if they are to be truly well bred , must spring from ...
Page 267
... manner then common , by the Critical Review , which described the " verses " as being " in general weak and languid , " and as having " neither novelty , spirit , nor animation to recommend them . " Happily , a tribute from Benjamin ...
... manner then common , by the Critical Review , which described the " verses " as being " in general weak and languid , " and as having " neither novelty , spirit , nor animation to recommend them . " Happily , a tribute from Benjamin ...
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... manner is not good , because it does not resemble theirs , but will rather consider what it is in itself . Blank verse is susceptible of much greater diversification of manner , than verse in rhyme : and why the modern writers of it ...
... manner is not good , because it does not resemble theirs , but will rather consider what it is in itself . Blank verse is susceptible of much greater diversification of manner , than verse in rhyme : and why the modern writers of it ...
Contents
FOREWORD II | 11 |
AN EXTRAMUNDANE AND HIS WORLD | 34 |
THE EVANGELICAL REVIVAL | 158 |
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