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Pagina 14
... kind of work which has a high intrinsic value of its own , or is meant to be judged alone . Gradually , however , the world has come to see that this estimate of the essay is wholly incorrect . The stone re- jected by the builders has ...
... kind of work which has a high intrinsic value of its own , or is meant to be judged alone . Gradually , however , the world has come to see that this estimate of the essay is wholly incorrect . The stone re- jected by the builders has ...
Pagina 21
... kind whereof men shall find much experience and little in books . " His aim , therefore , is akin to that of the preacher , only he selects lay topics ; many of his own . results , and those of the inheritors of his tradition , differ ...
... kind whereof men shall find much experience and little in books . " His aim , therefore , is akin to that of the preacher , only he selects lay topics ; many of his own . results , and those of the inheritors of his tradition , differ ...
Pagina 45
... 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 , should be brought to so ...
... 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 , should be brought to so ...
Pagina 46
... kind , a person endowed too with many excellent parts of nature , should be so hard put to it sometimes for want of recreations , as to be found playing at nuts and bound- ing - stones with little Syrian and Moorish boys , whose company ...
... kind , a person endowed too with many excellent parts of nature , should be so hard put to it sometimes for want of recreations , as to be found playing at nuts and bound- ing - stones with little Syrian and Moorish boys , whose company ...
Pagina 65
... kind are the deaths of infants . Particular circumstances may render it more or less advisable to in- dulge in grief ... kind , however strongly they may gush forth , to run into quiet waters at last . We cannot easily , for the whole ...
... kind are the deaths of infants . Particular circumstances may render it more or less advisable to in- dulge in grief ... kind , however strongly they may gush forth , to run into quiet waters at last . We cannot easily , for the whole ...
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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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