EssaysMacmillan, 1896 - 312 էջ |
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... characters that puts Theophrastus into the shade , was the only man he ever admitted , on his reputation as a wit , into the sacred society of Merton . For such intellects as he desired , he made search in a way that was then described ...
... characters that puts Theophrastus into the shade , was the only man he ever admitted , on his reputation as a wit , into the sacred society of Merton . For such intellects as he desired , he made search in a way that was then described ...
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... character which could afford to dispense with social orna- ment ; the habit of a dreamy yet active mind , so bent upon reverie and so strenuous in thought , that it could not bear to waste time and trouble upon things that were ...
... character which could afford to dispense with social orna- ment ; the habit of a dreamy yet active mind , so bent upon reverie and so strenuous in thought , that it could not bear to waste time and trouble upon things that were ...
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... , he had but a momentary interest in it ; and , like the Sibyl , he saw the wind whirl the leaves about , without regard to the precious characters they bore . Once or twice the humour took him to sketch himself A Minute Philosopher 21.
... , he had but a momentary interest in it ; and , like the Sibyl , he saw the wind whirl the leaves about , without regard to the precious characters they bore . Once or twice the humour took him to sketch himself A Minute Philosopher 21.
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... character might hope to react upon a large section of the community . Charles II . was undeniably a clever man , and made the most of a very difficult position . He was not a high - minded man in any sense of the word , and he was ...
... character might hope to react upon a large section of the community . Charles II . was undeniably a clever man , and made the most of a very difficult position . He was not a high - minded man in any sense of the word , and he was ...
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... character . Its elementari- ness consists in the fact that the characters are labelled and classified : there can be no mistake about the effects intended to be produced , and the success of such work must depend upon the humour , the ...
... character . Its elementari- ness consists in the fact that the characters are labelled and classified : there can be no mistake about the effects intended to be produced , and the success of such work must depend upon the humour , the ...
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