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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... making . Influx of foreign words . Plain and ornate style . The End Bibliographies Table of Principal Dates Index PAGE 484 519 523 675 679 The Cambridge History of English Literature E CHAPTER I Philosophers X Contents.
... making . Influx of foreign words . Plain and ornate style . The End Bibliographies Table of Principal Dates Index PAGE 484 519 523 675 679 The Cambridge History of English Literature E CHAPTER I Philosophers X Contents.
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... style , as well as the subtlety of his analyses , made his lectures famous during his lifetime and , in their printed form , for many years after his death . They were written hastily , each lecture to meet the demand of the following ...
... style , as well as the subtlety of his analyses , made his lectures famous during his lifetime and , in their printed form , for many years after his death . They were written hastily , each lecture to meet the demand of the following ...
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... style shows no marks of weariness : it is brilliant , pellucid , eloquent , rhetorical sometimes and coloured by emotion , but never falls below the dignity of his theme . Martineau did not make any important advance in speculative ...
... style shows no marks of weariness : it is brilliant , pellucid , eloquent , rhetorical sometimes and coloured by emotion , but never falls below the dignity of his theme . Martineau did not make any important advance in speculative ...
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... style . But his work was cut short by his early death in 1879 , and his contributions to philosophy remain suggestions only . It was natural that men of science with a philosophical turn of mind should be among the first to work out the ...
... style . But his work was cut short by his early death in 1879 , and his contributions to philosophy remain suggestions only . It was natural that men of science with a philosophical turn of mind should be among the first to work out the ...
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... style should give at least this portion of his work a permanent place in literature . Shadworth Hodgson's life was an example of rare devotion to philosophy . He had no profession and filled no public office , but spent his time in ...
... style should give at least this portion of his work a permanent place in literature . Shadworth Hodgson's life was an example of rare devotion to philosophy . He had no profession and filled no public office , but spent his time in ...
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