Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from ReviewsLongmans, Green, and Company [Spottiswoode and Company, Printers], 1874 - 411 pages |
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... TAINE , D.C.L. Oxon , etc. Trans- lated , with an Introductory Chapter , by W. F. RAE . Second Edition . London : 1872 . Two familiar lines of Burns ' are constantly repeated under an impression that the soundness of the thought or ...
... TAINE , D.C.L. Oxon , etc. Trans- lated , with an Introductory Chapter , by W. F. RAE . Second Edition . London : 1872 . Two familiar lines of Burns ' are constantly repeated under an impression that the soundness of the thought or ...
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... Taine , the last Frenchman of eminence who has written fully and freely on England , has evidently struggled hard to shake off the common weaknesses of his countrymen ; and if not quite so successful as could be wished in this respect ...
... Taine , the last Frenchman of eminence who has written fully and freely on England , has evidently struggled hard to shake off the common weaknesses of his countrymen ; and if not quite so successful as could be wished in this respect ...
Page 127
... Taine's method or system : like the parapet of a bridge , it may hinder a person from falling into the river , but will not help him on his way . Indeed , it is more likely to lure him out of it in will - o ' - the - wisp fashion and ...
... Taine's method or system : like the parapet of a bridge , it may hinder a person from falling into the river , but will not help him on his way . Indeed , it is more likely to lure him out of it in will - o ' - the - wisp fashion and ...
Page 128
... Taine attri- butes many points of national character , good , bad and indifferent , to the same cause as the exuberant growth and rich foliage of our trees : that he accounts on the same principle for the large feet of our women and the ...
... Taine attri- butes many points of national character , good , bad and indifferent , to the same cause as the exuberant growth and rich foliage of our trees : that he accounts on the same principle for the large feet of our women and the ...
Page 129
... Taine ) that their happi- ness ( the happiness of Englishmen ) consists in being at home at six in the evening with a pleasing attached wife , having four or five children on their knees , and respectful domestics . ' And by no means a ...
... Taine ) that their happi- ness ( the happiness of Englishmen ) consists in being at home at six in the evening with a pleasing attached wife , having four or five children on their knees , and respectful domestics . ' And by no means a ...
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