Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1930 - Počet stran: 340 |
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... sense ; for it can only expose to instantaneous contempt that which is condemned by public opinion , and is hostile to the common sense of mankind . Or to put it differently , it is the test of the quantity of truth that there is in our ...
... sense ; for it can only expose to instantaneous contempt that which is condemned by public opinion , and is hostile to the common sense of mankind . Or to put it differently , it is the test of the quantity of truth that there is in our ...
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... sense , passion , prejudice , words make a strong and frequent diversion from the right line of prudence and wisdom . I have been told , however , that these are merely the irregularities and exceptions , and that reason forms the rule ...
... sense , passion , prejudice , words make a strong and frequent diversion from the right line of prudence and wisdom . I have been told , however , that these are merely the irregularities and exceptions , and that reason forms the rule ...
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... sense and natural feeling , and maintain that though in a popular , practical sense mankind are strongly swayed by self - interest , yet in the same ordinary sense they are also governed by motives of good- nature , compassion ...
... sense and natural feeling , and maintain that though in a popular , practical sense mankind are strongly swayed by self - interest , yet in the same ordinary sense they are also governed by motives of good- nature , compassion ...
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