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... Sometimes the discourse was in reality a racy fable , rich in local allusion , and excusable only by 1 The Friars first landed in England in 1221. The two most important orders were the Black Friars of Dominic and the Gray Friars of ...
... Sometimes the discourse was in reality a racy fable , rich in local allusion , and excusable only by 1 The Friars first landed in England in 1221. The two most important orders were the Black Friars of Dominic and the Gray Friars of ...
Pagina 17
... things as he pleases , with a complete disregard of any will but his own , and no one will com- plain so long as his page is interesting . He is the Ariel of literature , and sometimes even the Puck . That THE GENESIS OF THE ESSAY 17.
... things as he pleases , with a complete disregard of any will but his own , and no one will com- plain so long as his page is interesting . He is the Ariel of literature , and sometimes even the Puck . That THE GENESIS OF THE ESSAY 17.
Pagina 18
... sometimes even the Puck . That very irresponsibility , which in graver writers would be counted a misdemeanour , in him becomes a charm . With the single exception of the letter , the essay is the friendliest form of literary art . The ...
... sometimes even the Puck . That very irresponsibility , which in graver writers would be counted a misdemeanour , in him becomes a charm . With the single exception of the letter , the essay is the friendliest form of literary art . The ...
Pagina 23
... sometimes rudely violent in their in- timacy , his book may truthfully be said to be one of the kindest and most companionable in the English language . Doctor Johnson said of it that it was the only book that took him out of his bed ...
... sometimes rudely violent in their in- timacy , his book may truthfully be said to be one of the kindest and most companionable in the English language . Doctor Johnson said of it that it was the only book that took him out of his bed ...
Pagina 29
... sometimes like a siren , sometimes like a fury . You may observe , that amongst all the great and worthy persons , ( whereof the memory remaineth , either ancient or recent , ) there is not one that hath been transported to the mad ...
... sometimes like a siren , sometimes like a fury . You may observe , that amongst all the great and worthy persons , ( whereof the memory remaineth , either ancient or recent , ) there is not one that hath been transported to the mad ...
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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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