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Page xii
... literature that all the waters of formal criticism are powerless to quench . So much for the more superficial aspect of the Lives , and their attraction for the general reader : for the student of literature and of literary history they ...
... literature that all the waters of formal criticism are powerless to quench . So much for the more superficial aspect of the Lives , and their attraction for the general reader : for the student of literature and of literary history they ...
Page 103
... literature were on the side of the Court : and who that solicited favour or fashion would venture to praise the defender of the regicides ? All that he himself could think his due , from evil tongues in evil days , was that reverential ...
... literature were on the side of the Court : and who that solicited favour or fashion would venture to praise the defender of the regicides ? All that he himself could think his due , from evil tongues in evil days , was that reverential ...
Page 201
... company of the friends of literature . Of this fact , Clarendon had a nearer knowledge than the biographer , and is therefore more to be credited . The account of Waller's parliamentary eloquence is seconded by Burnet WALLER 201.
... company of the friends of literature . Of this fact , Clarendon had a nearer knowledge than the biographer , and is therefore more to be credited . The account of Waller's parliamentary eloquence is seconded by Burnet WALLER 201.
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