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... tradition , as embodied for example in Macaulay's History of England , 1 gave wide currency to the belief that the Restora- tion courtiers were all corrupt and cynical pleasure - seekers . Many of them certainly deserve this reputation ...
... tradition , as embodied for example in Macaulay's History of England , 1 gave wide currency to the belief that the Restora- tion courtiers were all corrupt and cynical pleasure - seekers . Many of them certainly deserve this reputation ...
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... tradition to philosophical musings which are no less prevalent ; yet in no other poem does meditation flow from image with such naturalness . Gray's poetic temper is so perfectly adapted to this kind of writing that it would almost seem ...
... tradition to philosophical musings which are no less prevalent ; yet in no other poem does meditation flow from image with such naturalness . Gray's poetic temper is so perfectly adapted to this kind of writing that it would almost seem ...
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... tradition his judgements are not those of tradition merely : they are judge- ments of tradition from which most of what is superficial has been pruned off by his unsurpassed power of looking at a subject for himself . No one writing on ...
... tradition his judgements are not those of tradition merely : they are judge- ments of tradition from which most of what is superficial has been pruned off by his unsurpassed power of looking at a subject for himself . No one writing on ...
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