Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 54; Volume 117Leavitt, Throw and Company, 1891 |
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Page 118
... least cosmopolitan , the most provincial literature on the face of the earth . It stops at home , and cowers over the fire of the family circle . why ? Because it appeals to an exclusive and narrow - minded English Philistine audience ...
... least cosmopolitan , the most provincial literature on the face of the earth . It stops at home , and cowers over the fire of the family circle . why ? Because it appeals to an exclusive and narrow - minded English Philistine audience ...
Page 125
... least manifest the presence of the moral sense , even when its action is but little educated and constantly liable to error . It is not so much a perfect morality that is needed as a morality of some kind , suitable to the social state ...
... least manifest the presence of the moral sense , even when its action is but little educated and constantly liable to error . It is not so much a perfect morality that is needed as a morality of some kind , suitable to the social state ...
Page 126
Foreign Literature. least intelligent nor the least respectable members of the community , there is an irresistible temptation to look for some scientific morality , founded on what is permanent and unquestionable , that is , on what are ...
Foreign Literature. least intelligent nor the least respectable members of the community , there is an irresistible temptation to look for some scientific morality , founded on what is permanent and unquestionable , that is , on what are ...
Page 127
... least , a doctrine generally accepted by Roman Catholic populations both in France and Italy , and it leads to horrible cruelty , especially in Sicily . When re- monstrated with for his barbarity , the * An accident that happened to an ...
... least , a doctrine generally accepted by Roman Catholic populations both in France and Italy , and it leads to horrible cruelty , especially in Sicily . When re- monstrated with for his barbarity , the * An accident that happened to an ...
Page 129
... least enough of it to avoid contempt , and a multitude of people are living in far more comfort and luxury than they really care about in order not to be despised . Now , it is entirely within the power of public opinion to relieve the ...
... least enough of it to avoid contempt , and a multitude of people are living in far more comfort and luxury than they really care about in order not to be despised . Now , it is entirely within the power of public opinion to relieve the ...
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