The Nineteenth Century and After, Volumes 143-144Leonard Scott Publishing Company, 1948 |
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Pagina 347
... English traits which remains the most astute and penetrating analysis of the English character in our literature . We expect perspicacity from the wisest American of his day : even from Emerson we have no right to expect prophecy , yet ...
... English traits which remains the most astute and penetrating analysis of the English character in our literature . We expect perspicacity from the wisest American of his day : even from Emerson we have no right to expect prophecy , yet ...
Pagina 350
... English instinct for observing laws should make most controls superfluous , but much of English life seems organised on the basis of suspicion rather than of trust , and an expensive and pernicious system of checks and controls ...
... English instinct for observing laws should make most controls superfluous , but much of English life seems organised on the basis of suspicion rather than of trust , and an expensive and pernicious system of checks and controls ...
Pagina 352
... English have led the way to the strange places of the earth - always carrying with them their Englishness , even their afternoon tea , for while they are wonderfully adaptable in large matters , they make no concessions on little ones ...
... English have led the way to the strange places of the earth - always carrying with them their Englishness , even their afternoon tea , for while they are wonderfully adaptable in large matters , they make no concessions on little ones ...
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