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... true heirs of the Mosaic tradition . Their strength lay in their conviction that they were fighting to preserve the best elements of Israelite culture from contamination by ideas and practices of Canaanite origin . It cannot be held ...
... true heirs of the Mosaic tradition . Their strength lay in their conviction that they were fighting to preserve the best elements of Israelite culture from contamination by ideas and practices of Canaanite origin . It cannot be held ...
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... true to say , with the late Herbert Paul ( Matthew Arnold , English Men of Letters Series ) : “ Arnold did not merely criticise books himself . He taught others how to criticise them . He laid down principles , if he did not always keep ...
... true to say , with the late Herbert Paul ( Matthew Arnold , English Men of Letters Series ) : “ Arnold did not merely criticise books himself . He taught others how to criticise them . He laid down principles , if he did not always keep ...
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... true nature of Kipling's achievement ; and by his achievement must be understood , here , his purely literary standing as judged in the quiet of one's own mind , and by reasonable standards of judgment . Just as we do not appraise the ...
... true nature of Kipling's achievement ; and by his achievement must be understood , here , his purely literary standing as judged in the quiet of one's own mind , and by reasonable standards of judgment . Just as we do not appraise the ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE FIRST BOOKS IN THE WORLD | 1 |
HOMER | 18 |
THE STORY OF THE BIВІ Е | 41 |
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