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Page 127
... political , and literary , is as imposing as ever : the rulers of the world still feel things in their effects , and never foresee them in their causes and political mountebanks continue , and will continue , to puff nostrums and ...
... political , and literary , is as imposing as ever : the rulers of the world still feel things in their effects , and never foresee them in their causes and political mountebanks continue , and will continue , to puff nostrums and ...
Page 147
... political theory . Wells , too , essayed the political novel in The New Machiavelli ; but the day - to - day works of politics , politics as an end in itself , was exactly what disgusted him . Disraeli's novels , however , THE EARLY ...
... political theory . Wells , too , essayed the political novel in The New Machiavelli ; but the day - to - day works of politics , politics as an end in itself , was exactly what disgusted him . Disraeli's novels , however , THE EARLY ...
Page 195
... political novelist to the same degree as you could call him a religious novelist in Bar- chester Towers ; in other words , he is political only inasmuch as his main characters are men and women actively engaged in politics . The ...
... political novelist to the same degree as you could call him a religious novelist in Bar- chester Towers ; in other words , he is political only inasmuch as his main characters are men and women actively engaged in politics . The ...
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