The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 14Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller G.P. Putnam's sons, 1917 - English literature |
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... never recovered his physical strength . His published work began with a number of articles in The Edinburgh Review , repub- lished in 1852 as Discussions on Philosophy and Literature , Educa- tion and University Reform . The most ...
... never recovered his physical strength . His published work began with a number of articles in The Edinburgh Review , repub- lished in 1852 as Discussions on Philosophy and Literature , Educa- tion and University Reform . The most ...
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... never obtained easy mastery of his own learning ; he would summon a " cloud of witnesses " when a single good argument would have been more to the purpose ; and his selec- tion of " authorities " was often ill - judged : they were ...
... never obtained easy mastery of his own learning ; he would summon a " cloud of witnesses " when a single good argument would have been more to the purpose ; and his selec- tion of " authorities " was often ill - judged : they were ...
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... never became a mystic ; but he kept an open mind , and he saw elements of truth in ideas in which the stricter utilitarians could see nothing at all . He had no doubts at the outset of his career . On reading Bentham ( this was when he ...
... never became a mystic ; but he kept an open mind , and he saw elements of truth in ideas in which the stricter utilitarians could see nothing at all . He had no doubts at the outset of his career . On reading Bentham ( this was when he ...
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... never hesitates to speak of it as an objective characteristic of events , but without ever enquiring into its objective grounds . According to Mill , it is only when we are able to discover a causal connection among phenomena that ...
... never hesitates to speak of it as an objective characteristic of events , but without ever enquiring into its objective grounds . According to Mill , it is only when we are able to discover a causal connection among phenomena that ...
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... never falls below the dignity of his theme . Martineau did not make any important advance in speculative construction ; he was not in sympathy with the idealist metaphysic that had risen to the ascendant in England even before his books ...
... never falls below the dignity of his theme . Martineau did not make any important advance in speculative construction ; he was not in sympathy with the idealist metaphysic that had risen to the ascendant in England even before his books ...
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