The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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... question of origi- nality ) essentially just . He is wrong rather in his needless depreciation of Bacon than in his panegyric of Jonson ; but he is further wrong in that he has not made the necessary deduction from the credit of Jonson ...
... question of origi- nality ) essentially just . He is wrong rather in his needless depreciation of Bacon than in his panegyric of Jonson ; but he is further wrong in that he has not made the necessary deduction from the credit of Jonson ...
Page 70
... question on which doubt may reasonably be entertained is whether his place among them is central , or merely on the outer fringe . The answer to that question must depend upon the view taken of the greater works of Browne ; and it has ...
... question on which doubt may reasonably be entertained is whether his place among them is central , or merely on the outer fringe . The answer to that question must depend upon the view taken of the greater works of Browne ; and it has ...
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... question of comparison or not that is the subject of the controversy ; and if it be , whether the disputants compare the same objects together , or talk of things that are wholly different . " The most famous of all Hume's essays is ...
... question of comparison or not that is the subject of the controversy ; and if it be , whether the disputants compare the same objects together , or talk of things that are wholly different . " The most famous of all Hume's essays is ...
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