EssaysW. Heinemann, 1896 - 312 էջ |
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... natures , are like Sheridan's famous apophthegm : they lie " like lumps of marl on a barren moor , encumbering what it is not in their power to fertilise . " In art , in literature , it is the periods of re- publicanism that have left ...
... natures , are like Sheridan's famous apophthegm : they lie " like lumps of marl on a barren moor , encumbering what it is not in their power to fertilise . " In art , in literature , it is the periods of re- publicanism that have left ...
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... natural bent of his mind to the ludicrous side of these disputes ; he compares the wound of sin and the supposed remedy of confession , to Pliny's cure for the bite of a scorpion - to go and whisper the fact into the ear of an ass ...
... natural bent of his mind to the ludicrous side of these disputes ; he compares the wound of sin and the supposed remedy of confession , to Pliny's cure for the bite of a scorpion - to go and whisper the fact into the ear of an ass ...
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... case from the beginning . A clever man in a very great position , without a touch of generosity or affec- tion in his nature , is for the educational experi- mentalist an impossible pupil ; but though we cannot trace A Minute Philosopher ...
... case from the beginning . A clever man in a very great position , without a touch of generosity or affec- tion in his nature , is for the educational experi- mentalist an impossible pupil ; but though we cannot trace A Minute Philosopher ...
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... natural and simple - minded under such an accession of respect signifies an unfailing plenitude of humility's saving spring . Perhaps ill - health may have contributed a little to this balance and sanity of mind ; it is a wonderful ...
... natural and simple - minded under such an accession of respect signifies an unfailing plenitude of humility's saving spring . Perhaps ill - health may have contributed a little to this balance and sanity of mind ; it is a wonderful ...
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... nature of the contents . Under the general designation of character we have " A Childe , a meere dull Physitian , an Alderman , a younger Brother , a Tavern , an old College Butler , a Pot - poet , a Baker , The Common Singing Man , a ...
... nature of the contents . Under the general designation of character we have " A Childe , a meere dull Physitian , an Alderman , a younger Brother , a Tavern , an old College Butler , a Pot - poet , a Baker , The Common Singing Man , a ...
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