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... characters . As soon as he attracts notice to his personal feel- ings , the illusion is broken . The effect is as ... character . The genius of the greatest of the Athenian dramatists co- operated with the circumstances under which ...
... characters . As soon as he attracts notice to his personal feel- ings , the illusion is broken . The effect is as ... character . The genius of the greatest of the Athenian dramatists co- operated with the circumstances under which ...
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... character from their moral qualities . They are not egotists . They rarely obtrude their idiosyncrasies on their readers . They have nothing in common with those modern beggars for fame , who extort a pittance from the compassion of the ...
... character from their moral qualities . They are not egotists . They rarely obtrude their idiosyncrasies on their readers . They have nothing in common with those modern beggars for fame , who extort a pittance from the compassion of the ...
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... character of a writer , proved or condemned , according as the resist from passages directly egotistical . But the ance of the people to Charles I. shall appear qualities which we have ascribed to Milton , to be justifiable or criminal ...
... character of a writer , proved or condemned , according as the resist from passages directly egotistical . But the ance of the people to Charles I. shall appear qualities which we have ascribed to Milton , to be justifiable or criminal ...
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... character of an individual , leave out of our consideration his conduct in the most important of all human relations . And if in that relation we find him to have been selfish , cruel , and deceitful , we shall take the liberty to call ...
... character of an individual , leave out of our consideration his conduct in the most important of all human relations . And if in that relation we find him to have been selfish , cruel , and deceitful , we shall take the liberty to call ...
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... character of a people . We de- plore the outrages which accompany revolu- tions . But the more violent the outrages , the more assured we feel that a revolution was ne- cessary . The violence of those outrages will always be ...
... character of a people . We de- plore the outrages which accompany revolu- tions . But the more violent the outrages , the more assured we feel that a revolution was ne- cessary . The violence of those outrages will always be ...
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