Impressions of Theophrastus SuchClassic Books, 1909 |
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... society , and caring about the joys and sorrows of my neighbours , I feel myself , so far as my personal lot is concerned , uncared for and alone . " Your own fault , my dear fellow ! " said Minutius Felix , one day that I had ...
... society , and caring about the joys and sorrows of my neighbours , I feel myself , so far as my personal lot is concerned , uncared for and alone . " Your own fault , my dear fellow ! " said Minutius Felix , one day that I had ...
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... my present abilities , external proportions , and generally small provision for ecstatic enjoyment , where is the ground for confidence that I should have had a preferable career in such an epoch of society ? An age [ 23 ] LOOKING BACKWARD.
... my present abilities , external proportions , and generally small provision for ecstatic enjoyment , where is the ground for confidence that I should have had a preferable career in such an epoch of society ? An age [ 23 ] LOOKING BACKWARD.
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George Eliot. career in such an epoch of society ? An age in which every department has its awkward squad seems in my mind's eye to suit me better . I might have wandered by the Strymon under Philip and Alexander without throwing any new ...
George Eliot. career in such an epoch of society ? An age in which every department has its awkward squad seems in my mind's eye to suit me better . I might have wandered by the Strymon under Philip and Alexander without throwing any new ...
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... society , if only they could keep their throats perfect and help to drive away the chief enemy of mankind from our coasts . To my father's mind the noisy teachers of revolutionary doctrine were , to speak mildly , a variable mixture of ...
... society , if only they could keep their throats perfect and help to drive away the chief enemy of mankind from our coasts . To my father's mind the noisy teachers of revolutionary doctrine were , to speak mildly , a variable mixture of ...
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... society considered that he was severely pun- ished , but did not take the trouble to imagine his sen- sations ; indeed this would have been a difficulty for persons less sensitive and excitable than Merman him- self . Perhaps that ...
... society considered that he was severely pun- ished , but did not take the trouble to imagine his sen- sations ; indeed this would have been a difficulty for persons less sensitive and excitable than Merman him- self . Perhaps that ...
Common terms and phrases
acquaintances admiration Adrastus agreeable ancient burlesque carry Cetacean Channel Islands Christianity consciousness desire effect egoism English expected fact father feel fellow felt flattering foreign Ganymede genius George Eliot GEORGE HENRY LEWES give Grampus habit Hebrew Hinze human ical ideas ignorant illusion imagination impression Impressions of Theophrastus insist intellectual interest Jews judgement kind knowledge known least Lentulus less living look mankind Mantrap meaning memory ment mental Merman mind mistake Mixtus modern moral motive nature neighbours ness never object observation once opinion Pepin perhaps persons poets political poor present race regard religious remark ridiculous Scintilla scorn scrupulosity seemed sense social society sort spirit subjects suppose surprise taste temper Theophrastus things thought tion Touchwood truth tulus Volvox Vorticella Walrus wish woman words worthy writing young youth
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Էջ 61 - ... particular case, as an example of the justice to be expected of the world. The companion usually allows for the bitterness of a disappointed man, and is secretly disinclined to believe that Grampus was to blame.
Էջ 70 - Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.
Էջ 129 - Il ne faut point mettre un ridicule où il n'y en a point : c'est se gâter le goût, c'est corrompre son jugement et celui des autres. Mais le ridicule qui est quelque part , il faut l'y voir, l'en tirer avec grâce , et d'une manière qui plaise et qui instruise.
Էջ 253 - A significant indication of their natural rank is seen in the fact that at this moment, the leader of the Liberal party in Germany is a Jew, the leader of the Eepublican party in France is a Jew, and the head of the Conservative ministry in England is a Jew.
Էջ 238 - The eminence, the nobleness of a people, depends on its capability of being stirred by memories, and of striving for what we call spiritual ends — ends which consist not in immediate material possession, but in the satisfaction of a great feeling that animates the collective body as with one soul.
Էջ 250 - Irish need apply," parallels the sentence which for many polite persons sums up the question of Judaism — "I never didl&e.
Էջ 252 - Jew," is surely a fact to awaken admiration hi a mind capable of understanding what we may call the ideal forces in human history. And again, a varied, impartial observation of the Jews in different countries tends to the impression that they have a predominant kindliness which must have been deeply ingrained in the constitution of their race to have outlasted the ages of persecution and oppression. The concentration of their joys in domestic life has kept up in them the capacity of tenderness :...
Էջ 37 - ... barns where the old-fashioned flail once made resonant music, while the watch-dog barked at the timidly venturesome fowls making pecking raids on the outflying grain — the roofs that have looked out from among the elms and walnut-trees, or beside the yearly group of hay- and...
Էջ 38 - Nation of London." Why ? There have been many voluntary exiles in the world, and probably in the very first exodus of the patriarchal Aryans — for I am determined not to fetch my examples from races whose talk is of uncles and no fathers...