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...Some dicta of Mussolini, during the week...
...usually unreliable. A prominent professor, who has won increasing prominence as a critic, seems to act on the principle that indiscriminate praise is a safe pass-key for his reviews; consequently, his authority is quoted on the wrapper of every other new volume, and a collection of these dicta would supply a vocabulary of superlatives...
...under History, should read thus: The opinions expressed by Taney in the Dred Scott case in regard to the Missouri compromise, and to the status of the Negro in colonial times are: (1) Obiter dicta. (2) Unsound...
...Books: Lecky's England in the 18th century, vols. V, and VI,; Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom and Wickedness; Final Memorials of Longfellow; Verses from "Harvard Advocate;" Henry Clay; Obiter Dicta, 2nd series...
...Books: Lecky's England in the 18th century, vols. V, and VI,; Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom Wickedness. Final Memorials of Longfellow; Verses from "Harvard Advocate;" Henry Clay; Obiter Dicta, 2nd series...