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Page 135
... morality summed up in such sayings as ' Honesty is the best policy ' and ' Nothing for nothing , and remarkably little for sixpence ' . The idea ... moral respectabl qualities appropriate to this . A further shift of THE EARLY VICTORIANS 135.
... morality summed up in such sayings as ' Honesty is the best policy ' and ' Nothing for nothing , and remarkably little for sixpence ' . The idea ... moral respectabl qualities appropriate to this . A further shift of THE EARLY VICTORIANS 135.
Page 161
... moral indignation , has been inhibited ; for the character , through the poetry of the comic placed in his mouth , has been translated to a realm in which moral considerations are strictly irrelevant . Mrs Gamp , of course , is the ...
... moral indignation , has been inhibited ; for the character , through the poetry of the comic placed in his mouth , has been translated to a realm in which moral considerations are strictly irrelevant . Mrs Gamp , of course , is the ...
Page 210
... moral beliefs chimed with what appeared to be the findings of contemporary science , particularly heredity , which appeared as a scientific and scientifically proved - determinism . This gave her fiction great authority in its day ...
... moral beliefs chimed with what appeared to be the findings of contemporary science , particularly heredity , which appeared as a scientific and scientifically proved - determinism . This gave her fiction great authority in its day ...
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