The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and NotesHarper & brothers, 1909 - 351 pagina's |
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Pagina 8
... reason is obvious ; the essay in its European develop- ment has been closely associated with the pulpit . Had books been never so accessible in medieval times , they would have been of no value to the bulk of society , among whom very ...
... reason is obvious ; the essay in its European develop- ment has been closely associated with the pulpit . Had books been never so accessible in medieval times , they would have been of no value to the bulk of society , among whom very ...
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... reason for this depreciation probably lay in the brief and fugitive nature of the essay . If lyric verse may be described as a swallow- flight of song , the essay may equally be described as a swallow - flight of prose . Compared with ...
... reason for this depreciation probably lay in the brief and fugitive nature of the essay . If lyric verse may be described as a swallow- flight of song , the essay may equally be described as a swallow - flight of prose . Compared with ...
Pagina 31
... reason of those good and bad irradiations , con- ferred to each other's site in the heavens , in their terms , houses , ease , detriments , etc .; so we rise and fall in this world , ebb and flow , in and out , reared and dejected ...
... reason of those good and bad irradiations , con- ferred to each other's site in the heavens , in their terms , houses , ease , detriments , etc .; so we rise and fall in this world , ebb and flow , in and out , reared and dejected ...
Pagina 42
... reason ; for he enjoyed so plentiful and hon- ourable a fortune in a most excellent country , as allowed him all the real conveniences of it , separated and purged from the incommodities . If I were but in his condition , I should think ...
... reason ; for he enjoyed so plentiful and hon- ourable a fortune in a most excellent country , as allowed him all the real conveniences of it , separated and purged from the incommodities . If I were but in his condition , I should think ...
Pagina 48
... reason of this is , that greatness has no reality in nature , but is a creature of the fancy , a notion that consists only in relation and comparison : it is indeed an idol ; but St. Paul teaches us , " that an idol is worth nothing in ...
... reason of this is , that greatness has no reality in nature , but is a creature of the fancy , a notion that consists only in relation and comparison : it is indeed an idol ; but St. Paul teaches us , " that an idol is worth nothing in ...
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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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