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Page 48
... present , always at the cutting edge of the character's suffering , analysing , experiencing mind . And we not only have the character as he sees and presents himself ; through the letters of the other characters we see him as others ...
... present , always at the cutting edge of the character's suffering , analysing , experiencing mind . And we not only have the character as he sees and presents himself ; through the letters of the other characters we see him as others ...
Page 91
... present and the past . Then , with the beginning of the eighteenth century , the past , the great ages of Greece and Rome always excepted as peaks of human achievement moderns might possibly equal but could never expect to surpass , was ...
... present and the past . Then , with the beginning of the eighteenth century , the past , the great ages of Greece and Rome always excepted as peaks of human achievement moderns might possibly equal but could never expect to surpass , was ...
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... present century , the Victorians were commonly charged with smugness , complacency , hypocrisy , and foolish optimism . It is now possible for us to see the Victorians more justly . They were as conscious as we are , looking back , of ...
... present century , the Victorians were commonly charged with smugness , complacency , hypocrisy , and foolish optimism . It is now possible for us to see the Victorians more justly . They were as conscious as we are , looking back , of ...
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 9 |
The Beginnings | 21 |
The Eighteenth Century | 43 |
Copyright | |
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