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Pagina 14
... called it , though certainly neither loose nor undigested : something that served the exigency of the moment , expressed a passing phase of opinion , attained an immediate end ; something which might add a value to the final edifice of ...
... called it , though certainly neither loose nor undigested : something that served the exigency of the moment , expressed a passing phase of opinion , attained an immediate end ; something which might add a value to the final edifice of ...
Pagina 27
... called , " the sweetness and old - world air of Cowley . " In comparison with him , most of the eighteenth - century essayists seem relatively archaic . In his method he is the forerunner of the English familiar essay , though his ...
... called , " the sweetness and old - world air of Cowley . " In comparison with him , most of the eighteenth - century essayists seem relatively archaic . In his method he is the forerunner of the English familiar essay , though his ...
Pagina 45
... called it then ) in those kind of prizes , than all his forefathers were , of their triumphs over nations : he did not at his death complain that so mighty an emperor , and the last of all the Cæsarian 1 Louis XIII . race of deities ...
... called it then ) in those kind of prizes , than all his forefathers were , of their triumphs over nations : he did not at his death complain that so mighty an emperor , and the last of all the Cæsarian 1 Louis XIII . race of deities ...
Pagina 48
... the first man of the village , than second at Rome . Our country is called Great Britainy , in regard only of a lesser of the same name ; it would be but a ridiculous epithet for it , when we consider 48 THE CLASSIC ESSAY.
... the first man of the village , than second at Rome . Our country is called Great Britainy , in regard only of a lesser of the same name ; it would be but a ridiculous epithet for it , when we consider 48 THE CLASSIC ESSAY.
Pagina 56
... called to appear upon the stage of life , to wear robes or tatters , to laugh or cry , be hooted or applauded ; we had lain perdus all this while , snug , out of harm's way ; and had slept out our thousands of centuries without wanting ...
... called to appear upon the stage of life , to wear robes or tatters , to laugh or cry , be hooted or applauded ; we had lain perdus all this while , snug , out of harm's way ; and had slept out our thousands of centuries without wanting ...
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The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and Notes William James Dawson,Coningsby Dawson Volledige weergave - 1909 |
The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and Notes William James Dawson,Coningsby Dawson Volledige weergave - 1909 |
The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and Notes William James Dawson,Coningsby Dawson Volledige weergave - 1909 |
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