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That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war.
George Saintsbury
Born: October 23, 1845
Died: January 28, 1933 (aged 87)
Bio: George Edward Bateman Saintsbury was an English writer, literary historian, scholar, critic and wine connoisseur.
Known for:
- Notes on a Cellar-book (1920)
- A History of English Prose Rhythm (1912)
- A History of Elizabethan Literature (1887)
- The English Novel (1913)
- A short history of French literature (1878)
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