Impressions of Theophrastus SuchClassic Books, 1909 |
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... suppose that ways of thinking are to be driven out of the field by being reduced to an absurdity . The Absurd is taken as an excellent juicy thistle by many constitutions . - Reflections of this sort have gradually determined me not to ...
... suppose that ways of thinking are to be driven out of the field by being reduced to an absurdity . The Absurd is taken as an excellent juicy thistle by many constitutions . - Reflections of this sort have gradually determined me not to ...
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... suppose he is a fool because others contradict him- there is an end of our happiness . That is all I have to say . " " Oh no , Proteus , dear . I do believe what you say is right . That is my only guide . I am sure I never have any ...
... suppose he is a fool because others contradict him- there is an end of our happiness . That is all I have to say . " " Oh no , Proteus , dear . I do believe what you say is right . That is my only guide . I am sure I never have any ...
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... suppose that the eminent poet had bor- rowed money of him and showed an indisposition to repay ? He had no criticism to offer , no sign of objec- tion more specific than a slight cough , a scarcely per- ceptible pause before assenting ...
... suppose that the eminent poet had bor- rowed money of him and showed an indisposition to repay ? He had no criticism to offer , no sign of objec- tion more specific than a slight cough , a scarcely per- ceptible pause before assenting ...
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... suppose him to be German : in fact , his family is Alsatian , but has been settled in England for more than one generation . He is the superlatively deferential man , and walks about with murmured wonder at the wisdom and dis- cernment ...
... suppose him to be German : in fact , his family is Alsatian , but has been settled in England for more than one generation . He is the superlatively deferential man , and walks about with murmured wonder at the wisdom and dis- cernment ...
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... suppose to be thus strengthened ; in any case they will do well not to trust in the attractions of caprice and moodiness for a long continuance or for close intercourse . A pretty woman may fan the flame of distant adorers by harass ...
... suppose to be thus strengthened ; in any case they will do well not to trust in the attractions of caprice and moodiness for a long continuance or for close intercourse . A pretty woman may fan the flame of distant adorers by harass ...
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...