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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... success . Indeed , at the end , the author is fain to admit that evolution had not helped him to the extent he had anticipated . In his ethical , and still more in his political , writings we see the supreme value set by Spencer on the ...
... success . Indeed , at the end , the author is fain to admit that evolution had not helped him to the extent he had anticipated . In his ethical , and still more in his political , writings we see the supreme value set by Spencer on the ...
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... and from adulation would have done honour to the church which he loved and served . Lingard's first three volumes at once achieved what , in the circumstances , must be reckoned a remarkable success . It John Lingard 59.
... and from adulation would have done honour to the church which he loved and served . Lingard's first three volumes at once achieved what , in the circumstances , must be reckoned a remarkable success . It John Lingard 59.
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... success . It is not too much to say that this was mainly due to the use made by the writer of his study of original ... successful in convicting of unfounded state- ments ; it was not his way to take anything in his predecessors for ...
... success . It is not too much to say that this was mainly due to the use made by the writer of his study of original ... successful in convicting of unfounded state- ments ; it was not his way to take anything in his predecessors for ...
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... successful ; that on Frederick the great had little value before Carlyle , and less afterwards ; while the subject of Ranke's Popes made too great demands upon Macaulay's powers as a philo- sophical historian . Finally , while , of the ...
... successful ; that on Frederick the great had little value before Carlyle , and less afterwards ; while the subject of Ranke's Popes made too great demands upon Macaulay's powers as a philo- sophical historian . Finally , while , of the ...
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... successful essay - writer as well as historian ; in quantity , at least , his contributions to Blackwood's Magazine can hardly have been rivalled . In 1829 , he planned a history of the first French revolution , partly under the ...
... successful essay - writer as well as historian ; in quantity , at least , his contributions to Blackwood's Magazine can hardly have been rivalled . In 1829 , he planned a history of the first French revolution , partly under the ...
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