Contributions to the Edinburgh Review, Volumen 3Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846 |
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... . It would be a derogation from his dignity to speak of a book in any terms but those of frivolous derision ; and a strange de- sertion of his own superiority , to allow himself to receive , PRESCRIBES FOR ENNUI AND LOVE OF FASHION . 5 ...
... . It would be a derogation from his dignity to speak of a book in any terms but those of frivolous derision ; and a strange de- sertion of his own superiority , to allow himself to receive , PRESCRIBES FOR ENNUI AND LOVE OF FASHION . 5 ...
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... speak with the Irish accent ; but , when I listened maliciously , I de- tected certain Hibernian inflexions - nothing of the vulgar Irish idiom , but something that was more interrogative , more exclamatory , and perhaps more rhetorical ...
... speak with the Irish accent ; but , when I listened maliciously , I de- tected certain Hibernian inflexions - nothing of the vulgar Irish idiom , but something that was more interrogative , more exclamatory , and perhaps more rhetorical ...
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... speak . It is not timidity ; it is all pride . I would pardon his dulness , and even his ignorance ; for one , as you say , might be the fault of his nature , and the other of his education : but his self - suth- ciency is his own fault ...
... speak . It is not timidity ; it is all pride . I would pardon his dulness , and even his ignorance ; for one , as you say , might be the fault of his nature , and the other of his education : but his self - suth- ciency is his own fault ...
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... speaking , he made use of no gesticulation , but held himself surprisingly still . No part of him , but his eyes , moved ; and they had an expression of slow , but determined good sense . He was sparing of his words ; but the few that ...
... speaking , he made use of no gesticulation , but held himself surprisingly still . No part of him , but his eyes , moved ; and they had an expression of slow , but determined good sense . He was sparing of his words ; but the few that ...
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... speak of her Tales as works of more serious importance than much of the true history and solemn philosophy that come daily under our inspec- tion . The great business of life , and the object of all arts and acquisitions , is ...
... speak of her Tales as works of more serious importance than much of the true history and solemn philosophy that come daily under our inspec- tion . The great business of life , and the object of all arts and acquisitions , is ...
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