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Page 148
... experience of life to write of contemporary manners ; history provided him with a story and characters and the ro- mantic fervour of his young blood gave him the dash that was needed for this sort of composition . I know now that this ...
... experience of life to write of contemporary manners ; history provided him with a story and characters and the ro- mantic fervour of his young blood gave him the dash that was needed for this sort of composition . I know now that this ...
Page 190
... experience of authors to be accused of having drawn a life - like portrait of a certain person when they had in mind someone quite different . Further , it is just chance whether the author chooses his models from persons with whom he ...
... experience of authors to be accused of having drawn a life - like portrait of a certain person when they had in mind someone quite different . Further , it is just chance whether the author chooses his models from persons with whom he ...
Page 242
... experience , especially the common experience of philosophers , shows that a great many men are no great shakes . Immortality is too stupendous a notion to be entertained in connection with common mortals . They are too insignificant to ...
... experience , especially the common experience of philosophers , shows that a great many men are no great shakes . Immortality is too stupendous a notion to be entertained in connection with common mortals . They are too insignificant to ...
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