The Hundred Best English EssaysFrederick Edwin Smith Earl of Birkenhead Cassell, 1929 - 921 Seiten |
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... reason , knowledge , or invention . Wit and eloquence are shining qualities that God hath imparted in great degrees ... reason . All other eloquence hath been a perfect cheat to stir up men's passions against truth and justice for the ...
... reason , knowledge , or invention . Wit and eloquence are shining qualities that God hath imparted in great degrees ... reason . All other eloquence hath been a perfect cheat to stir up men's passions against truth and justice for the ...
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... reason . Reason tells us that time is long and eternity longer , that all civilizations pass , and that in the end all records fade . We cannot , looking ahead , visualize millions of years of accumulated reputa- tions . Old fames must ...
... reason . Reason tells us that time is long and eternity longer , that all civilizations pass , and that in the end all records fade . We cannot , looking ahead , visualize millions of years of accumulated reputa- tions . Old fames must ...
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... reason , not ostentation , whose word and meaning never shake hands and part , whose great houses bear in their front more durance than state , and whose mind is so secure that thunder rocks him asleep . Thus by his preferences you may ...
... reason , not ostentation , whose word and meaning never shake hands and part , whose great houses bear in their front more durance than state , and whose mind is so secure that thunder rocks him asleep . Thus by his preferences you may ...
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Decay of the Yeomanry | 1 |
FRANCIS BACON BARON VERULAM VISCOUNT ST ALBANS 15611626 | 17 |
BEN JONSON 15731637 | 23 |
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