Jerningham; Or, The Inconsistent Man ...Smith, Elder and Company, 1836 - 978 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 78–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... reader , I have distin- guished this initial chapter by a more novel , and , I hope , more seductive , title . I write an Apology for this book , as Plato did for his master Socrates , -as Tertullian did for the Primitive Christians ...
... reader , I have distin- guished this initial chapter by a more novel , and , I hope , more seductive , title . I write an Apology for this book , as Plato did for his master Socrates , -as Tertullian did for the Primitive Christians ...
Էջ xii
... from such immature speakers , as are the sentiments which it embodies . I feel that , if I were disposed to do so , I might make out a case in my favour , and - convince the reader , against his will , that xii APOLOGY .
... from such immature speakers , as are the sentiments which it embodies . I feel that , if I were disposed to do so , I might make out a case in my favour , and - convince the reader , against his will , that xii APOLOGY .
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Sir John William Kaye. - convince the reader , against his will , that I have not offended against nature so grossly as he sup- poses in these colloquies . I might tell him what Pascal was in his young days , what Chatterton , what the ...
Sir John William Kaye. - convince the reader , against his will , that I have not offended against nature so grossly as he sup- poses in these colloquies . I might tell him what Pascal was in his young days , what Chatterton , what the ...
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... reader is once impressed with an idea that the author has offended against nature . That school - boys are but too prone to discuss subjects of grave importance , few who have been to school will deny , —that , in these discussions ...
... reader is once impressed with an idea that the author has offended against nature . That school - boys are but too prone to discuss subjects of grave importance , few who have been to school will deny , —that , in these discussions ...
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... reader ; " Shouldest thou think that any of the events recorded in this history are improbable , be sure that they are true ; and shouldest thou think that any of my characters are unnatural , be sure that they are drawn from the life ...
... reader ; " Shouldest thou think that any of the events recorded in this history are improbable , be sure that they are true ; and shouldest thou think that any of my characters are unnatural , be sure that they are drawn from the life ...
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