The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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... principle of justice in the belief that the in- vestigation , though difficult , was by no means hopeless . The ... principles of absolute validity . The Essays seem to be the work of an opportunist . Bacon admires truth , moral and ...
... principle of justice in the belief that the in- vestigation , though difficult , was by no means hopeless . The ... principles of absolute validity . The Essays seem to be the work of an opportunist . Bacon admires truth , moral and ...
Page 94
... principles of dramatic construction , the unities , the art of linking scene to scene , the differences be- tween ... principles . " He accepts the unities , it is true , but it is with reservations and on reasoned principles ; and he ...
... principles of dramatic construction , the unities , the art of linking scene to scene , the differences be- tween ... principles . " He accepts the unities , it is true , but it is with reservations and on reasoned principles ; and he ...
Page 119
... principles were not wholly new , they were principles which had before been implied rather than adequately expounded . They were moreover principles which were in practice much neglected , and consequently much in need of being insisted ...
... principles were not wholly new , they were principles which had before been implied rather than adequately expounded . They were moreover principles which were in practice much neglected , and consequently much in need of being insisted ...
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