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Page 97
... completely intransigent attack on feudalism and the notion of aristocracy . Against the tyrannical , avaricious Lord Gron- dale Bage pits ' Man as he is not ' , man , that is to say , as he scarcely existed at the time of writing ( and ...
... completely intransigent attack on feudalism and the notion of aristocracy . Against the tyrannical , avaricious Lord Gron- dale Bage pits ' Man as he is not ' , man , that is to say , as he scarcely existed at the time of writing ( and ...
Page 311
... completely . It takes the place of family affection , but as a link binding them together it is no less strong . Their sense of property is so powerful and all - pervasive as to have ossified their vital feelings and produced in them ...
... completely . It takes the place of family affection , but as a link binding them together it is no less strong . Their sense of property is so powerful and all - pervasive as to have ossified their vital feelings and produced in them ...
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... completely . With Mrs Moore he succeeds . The symbol works ; the figure of Mrs Moore broods over the novel , not benignly , anything but that , but as a symbol of acceptance , of unconscious life going on heedless THE NOVEL FROM 1881 TO ...
... completely . With Mrs Moore he succeeds . The symbol works ; the figure of Mrs Moore broods over the novel , not benignly , anything but that , but as a symbol of acceptance , of unconscious life going on heedless THE NOVEL FROM 1881 TO ...
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