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These sentences are not only admirably terse and pointed ; they convince . Even the British Constitution is viewed by his lordship with cool irreverence . He is encouraging his son ( in vain , it proved ) to succeed in the House of ...
These sentences are not only admirably terse and pointed ; they convince . Even the British Constitution is viewed by his lordship with cool irreverence . He is encouraging his son ( in vain , it proved ) to succeed in the House of ...
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Further , it is rash to assume that the author of an admirable book must always be an admirable writer ; still less need he be a wholly admirable human being . Sometimes it is the sick oyster. 1 Etymologically connected with ' mania ' ...
Further , it is rash to assume that the author of an admirable book must always be an admirable writer ; still less need he be a wholly admirable human being . Sometimes it is the sick oyster. 1 Etymologically connected with ' mania ' ...
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admirable human being . Sometimes it is the sick oyster that pro- duces the pearl . Macaulay's paradox that Boswell produced a supreme biography because he was a supreme ass , extravagantly as Macaulay chose to put it , does not seem to ...
admirable human being . Sometimes it is the sick oyster that pro- duces the pearl . Macaulay's paradox that Boswell produced a supreme biography because he was a supreme ass , extravagantly as Macaulay chose to put it , does not seem to ...
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