The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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Page 190
... interest he denounced , whether it was the action of a landlord who rack- rented his tenants , or of a statesman who imposed a tax that pressed heavily on the rural interest . What would he have said about Cobdenism and the decay of ...
... interest he denounced , whether it was the action of a landlord who rack- rented his tenants , or of a statesman who imposed a tax that pressed heavily on the rural interest . What would he have said about Cobdenism and the decay of ...
Page 201
... interest is in the substance rather than the manner and literary merits of the book he reviews . With Francis Jeffrey ( 1773-1850 ) it was otherwise . He was the literary critic of the group , and among the papers which he contributed ...
... interest is in the substance rather than the manner and literary merits of the book he reviews . With Francis Jeffrey ( 1773-1850 ) it was otherwise . He was the literary critic of the group , and among the papers which he contributed ...
Page 282
... interest in ecclesiastical and theological questions . Froude writes about the book of Job and gives a lecture on Calvinism and a series of lectures on Erasmus and Luther . He has a paper on The Philosophy of Catholicism , and discusses ...
... interest in ecclesiastical and theological questions . Froude writes about the book of Job and gives a lecture on Calvinism and a series of lectures on Erasmus and Luther . He has a paper on The Philosophy of Catholicism , and discusses ...
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