Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800James E. Person Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 4-8 of the greatest writers and thinkers of the late Middle Ages, Renaissance and Restoration periods by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Among those profiled in this volume are:
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... Jefferson him- self ) the cosmopolitan period in their thought did not begin until several years after their ... Jefferson's particular case , the cosomopolitan period of his thought probably did not begin much before his first trip ...
... Jefferson him- self ) the cosmopolitan period in their thought did not begin until several years after their ... Jefferson's particular case , the cosomopolitan period of his thought probably did not begin much before his first trip ...
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... Jefferson did not found his reforms on any metaphysi- cal calculus - rather on legal history and a continuity with ... Jefferson's words , " against the practice of our wise British ances- tors . . . . Have not instances in which we have ...
... Jefferson did not found his reforms on any metaphysi- cal calculus - rather on legal history and a continuity with ... Jefferson's words , " against the practice of our wise British ances- tors . . . . Have not instances in which we have ...
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... Jefferson in order to prove the moderation of the Revolution not only overlooks the more inflamed expressions of other Whigs but also misses the enthusiastic and visionary extravagance in the think- ing of Adams and Jefferson themselves ...
... Jefferson in order to prove the moderation of the Revolution not only overlooks the more inflamed expressions of other Whigs but also misses the enthusiastic and visionary extravagance in the think- ing of Adams and Jefferson themselves ...
Contents
The Intellectual Background | 1 |
Benjamin Franklin 17061790 | 99 |
Patrick Henry 17361799 | 191 |
Copyright | |
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