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Page 197
languish without the stimulant of satire ; nor did | those which we , their children , have known - days it degenerate into a mere ballet of tender attitudes less softened by the charities and courtesies , but and sentimental piruettes ...
languish without the stimulant of satire ; nor did | those which we , their children , have known - days it degenerate into a mere ballet of tender attitudes less softened by the charities and courtesies , but and sentimental piruettes ...
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If less contentious than his great proto- sermon on the text which proclaims the vanity of type , he was not less authoritative . But his topics all things ? were more out of the reach of controversy , his If the several tendencies of ...
If less contentious than his great proto- sermon on the text which proclaims the vanity of type , he was not less authoritative . But his topics all things ? were more out of the reach of controversy , his If the several tendencies of ...
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He has also less dogmatism in his tone , less onesidedness in his views , and more of that tolerant spirit which distinguishes persons who by large experience or extensive read- ing have shaken off the prejudices of the vulgar .
He has also less dogmatism in his tone , less onesidedness in his views , and more of that tolerant spirit which distinguishes persons who by large experience or extensive read- ing have shaken off the prejudices of the vulgar .
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