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Page 175
... figure , Sidonia cannot be said to live , but to ignore him in any consideration of his creator would be a fatal error . The racial dream represented what was probably the stabilizing factor in Disraeli's character . It makes the ...
... figure , Sidonia cannot be said to live , but to ignore him in any consideration of his creator would be a fatal error . The racial dream represented what was probably the stabilizing factor in Disraeli's character . It makes the ...
Page 277
... figure of Prince Albrecht that was so fine . I had always laughed at sculptured figures on horse - back . This one overawed me . The Marshal was ac- knowledging the salute of his army after a famous victory over the Turks . He sat ...
... figure of Prince Albrecht that was so fine . I had always laughed at sculptured figures on horse - back . This one overawed me . The Marshal was ac- knowledging the salute of his army after a famous victory over the Turks . He sat ...
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... figure of Mrs. Lowder affects us as she does Kate . Mrs. Lowder is comic , formidable , implacable ; but she is more , for Kate's is a myth - making mind , and before it has fin- ished with Mrs. Lowder she has become a figure of myth ...
... figure of Mrs. Lowder affects us as she does Kate . Mrs. Lowder is comic , formidable , implacable ; but she is more , for Kate's is a myth - making mind , and before it has fin- ished with Mrs. Lowder she has become a figure of myth ...
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THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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