The Living Age, Volume 281Living Age Company, 1914 |
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Page 18
... perhaps , in his absolute unconscious- ness of his own folly than any other creation of eighteenth - century wit . He lingers on , with modifications , in Miss Burney's " Evelina , " and has , in spite of his obvious artificiality , a ...
... perhaps , in his absolute unconscious- ness of his own folly than any other creation of eighteenth - century wit . He lingers on , with modifications , in Miss Burney's " Evelina , " and has , in spite of his obvious artificiality , a ...
Page 19
... perhaps the more acceptable . In any case , admiration and awe are replaced by intimate knowledge , and we feel that we might even be heroes ourselves , so that we are perhaps more in sympathy with the sinning hero of to - day than with ...
... perhaps the more acceptable . In any case , admiration and awe are replaced by intimate knowledge , and we feel that we might even be heroes ourselves , so that we are perhaps more in sympathy with the sinning hero of to - day than with ...
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... perhaps to be recognized as the same in kind with that brilliant and successful vice which we find in his- tory attached to great conquerors , or , Nor A sometimes , great statesmen . The lat- ter sin on a large scale , the humbler ...
... perhaps to be recognized as the same in kind with that brilliant and successful vice which we find in his- tory attached to great conquerors , or , Nor A sometimes , great statesmen . The lat- ter sin on a large scale , the humbler ...
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