Occasional Addresses, 1893-1916Macmillan, 1918 - 194 pages |
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... Grote , published in 1873. Grote was not a genius , but he was a man of many interests and activities— a banker , for many years member for the City of London , a politician who advocated with serene and irrepressible courage unpopular ...
... Grote , published in 1873. Grote was not a genius , but he was a man of many interests and activities— a banker , for many years member for the City of London , a politician who advocated with serene and irrepressible courage unpopular ...
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... Grote had a keen eye , and the selective judgment which is peculiarly necessary when a wife undertakes to write the life of her husband . Grote fell early in life among the Utilitarians , and was brought in due course by James Mill to ...
... Grote had a keen eye , and the selective judgment which is peculiarly necessary when a wife undertakes to write the life of her husband . Grote fell early in life among the Utilitarians , and was brought in due course by James Mill to ...
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... Grote , as she calls herself , had , she tells us with delightful frankness , numerous friends and connections among ... Grote bore very little share in the labours of the banking house during these ten years , but appropriated the ...
... Grote , as she calls herself , had , she tells us with delightful frankness , numerous friends and connections among ... Grote bore very little share in the labours of the banking house during these ten years , but appropriated the ...
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... ( Grote's workshop ) in celebration of the completion of the opus magnum , Grote himself sipping the delicious mixture with great satis- faction , while manifesting little emotion out- wardly . " This homely scene calls up , if only by ...
... ( Grote's workshop ) in celebration of the completion of the opus magnum , Grote himself sipping the delicious mixture with great satis- faction , while manifesting little emotion out- wardly . " This homely scene calls up , if only by ...
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... not cry ; I did not pray ; but could have done both . " Grote sipping his punch , Carlyle sitting down to his oatmeal , Gibbon pacing the acacia walk , 66 each having finished a task which had added a masterpiece II 51 BIOGRAPHY.
... not cry ; I did not pray ; but could have done both . " Grote sipping his punch , Carlyle sitting down to his oatmeal , Gibbon pacing the acacia walk , 66 each having finished a task which had added a masterpiece II 51 BIOGRAPHY.
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