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In 1759 in The Bee had appeared ' Custom and Laws Compared ' . Here Goldsmith ( for I follow Arthur Friedman in supposing him the author ) finds Tacitus , with his Corruptissima republica , plurimae leges , at odds with the great ...
In 1759 in The Bee had appeared ' Custom and Laws Compared ' . Here Goldsmith ( for I follow Arthur Friedman in supposing him the author ) finds Tacitus , with his Corruptissima republica , plurimae leges , at odds with the great ...
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to permit a relaxation of the severity of laws , and yet those laws still remain sufficiently strong to govern the people . This is the most perfect state of civil liberty , of which we can form any idea ; here we see a greater number ...
to permit a relaxation of the severity of laws , and yet those laws still remain sufficiently strong to govern the people . This is the most perfect state of civil liberty , of which we can form any idea ; here we see a greater number ...
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а 1688 and 1820 , ' and yet ' the available evidence suggests that , compared to some earlier periods , the eighteenth - century criminal law claimed few lives . ' What has to be explained is ' the coexistence of bloodier laws and ...
а 1688 and 1820 , ' and yet ' the available evidence suggests that , compared to some earlier periods , the eighteenth - century criminal law claimed few lives . ' What has to be explained is ' the coexistence of bloodier laws and ...
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Contents
Chaucer and One Idea of Englishness 1972 | 7 |
A Reading of The Oceans Love to Cynthia 1960 | 13 |
Shakespeare and the Practising Poet Today 1976 | 31 |
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| Title | Older Masters: Essays and Reflections on English and American Literature G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Author | Donald Davie |
| Publisher | Carcanet, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 29, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0856359793, 9780856359798 |
| Length | 328 pages |
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