Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 186William Blackwood, 1909 - England |
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... TRUE OSITY OF CRITICS - THE NECESSITY OF INVECTIVE - JOURNALISM VISION OF ENGLAND - LORD MORLEY'S OPTIMISM — THE GENER- AND LITERATURE THE USE OF THE CLICHE THE CENTENARY OF TOM PAINE - PAINE AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - THE REPRIEVE ...
... TRUE OSITY OF CRITICS - THE NECESSITY OF INVECTIVE - JOURNALISM VISION OF ENGLAND - LORD MORLEY'S OPTIMISM — THE GENER- AND LITERATURE THE USE OF THE CLICHE THE CENTENARY OF TOM PAINE - PAINE AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - THE REPRIEVE ...
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... true Cockney is often subtle , for he has excellent brains , but it is a petty subtlety , concerned with the nuances of fancy and emo- tion . He has his discipline , but he is apt to bow to con- vention rather than to laws . The ...
... true Cockney is often subtle , for he has excellent brains , but it is a petty subtlety , concerned with the nuances of fancy and emo- tion . He has his discipline , but he is apt to bow to con- vention rather than to laws . The ...
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... true sense of the word . Living a snug social life it considers that a man's all belongs to society , and it does not under- stand the higher standards of reticence and dignity . Because the modes under which it lives essentially ...
... true sense of the word . Living a snug social life it considers that a man's all belongs to society , and it does not under- stand the higher standards of reticence and dignity . Because the modes under which it lives essentially ...
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... true Cock- ney prettinesses , the fireside and bedside arts and graces . He harps on trivialities with the thunderous accents of a prophet , and moves among the nick - nacks in his parlour with the clumsiness of a wild animal . Moreover ...
... true Cock- ney prettinesses , the fireside and bedside arts and graces . He harps on trivialities with the thunderous accents of a prophet , and moves among the nick - nacks in his parlour with the clumsiness of a wild animal . Moreover ...
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... true of these less august counters , liberalism and generosity . But the Cock- ney mind is incapable of en- visaging strange conditions of life . It is full of minor fancy , but is wholly lacking in any strong and masculine imagina ...
... true of these less august counters , liberalism and generosity . But the Cock- ney mind is incapable of en- visaging strange conditions of life . It is full of minor fancy , but is wholly lacking in any strong and masculine imagina ...
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