The Quarterly Review, Volumes 272-273William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1939 |
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... English , for while English works appear in all languages , the position of the book in English is far from satisfactory . To some extent the blame must be taken by British publishers , for most firms in this country refuse to offer ...
... English , for while English works appear in all languages , the position of the book in English is far from satisfactory . To some extent the blame must be taken by British publishers , for most firms in this country refuse to offer ...
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... English is poorly understood . The spirits of the converted must be kept up , and there- fore they must be preached to on occasion , but the main task should be among the unconverted , who , in other words , are those who do not speak ...
... English is poorly understood . The spirits of the converted must be kept up , and there- fore they must be preached to on occasion , but the main task should be among the unconverted , who , in other words , are those who do not speak ...
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... English ' is the ' Persę ' of Eschylus , translated by Dr Gilbert Murray . An old and practised hand at this employment , the translator is too fine a Greek scholar , with an ear well - attuned to the right cadences and music of verse ...
... English ' is the ' Persę ' of Eschylus , translated by Dr Gilbert Murray . An old and practised hand at this employment , the translator is too fine a Greek scholar , with an ear well - attuned to the right cadences and music of verse ...
Contents
ART No 537 JULY | 1 |
Tradition and Change | 2 |
Mining Legislation and Mines Inspection | 3 |
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