The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great Essayists, from Lord Bacon to John RuskinW.P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, 1887 - 536 Seiten |
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... actions , assigns their motives , exhibits their whims , characterises their pursuits in all their singular and endless variety , ridicules their absurdities , exposes their inconsistencies , ' holds the mirror up to nature , and shows ...
... actions , assigns their motives , exhibits their whims , characterises their pursuits in all their singular and endless variety , ridicules their absurdities , exposes their inconsistencies , ' holds the mirror up to nature , and shows ...
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... actions of murdering princes , butchery of people , and sub- version of states and governments ? Surely , this is to bring down the Holy Ghost , instead of the likeness of a dove , in the shape of a vulture or raven : and to set , out ...
... actions of murdering princes , butchery of people , and sub- version of states and governments ? Surely , this is to bring down the Holy Ghost , instead of the likeness of a dove , in the shape of a vulture or raven : and to set , out ...
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... actions thereof , and turneth them into an ill odour ; and therefore there is little won by inter- mingling of plausible actions : for that doth argue but a weakness and fear of envy , which hurteth so much the more ; as it is likewise ...
... actions thereof , and turneth them into an ill odour ; and therefore there is little won by inter- mingling of plausible actions : for that doth argue but a weakness and fear of envy , which hurteth so much the more ; as it is likewise ...
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... actions of life : for if it check once with business , it troubleth men's fortunes , and maketh men that they can no ... Action . What next ? -Action . What next again ? -Action . He said it that knew it best ; and had by nature himself ...
... actions of life : for if it check once with business , it troubleth men's fortunes , and maketh men that they can no ... Action . What next ? -Action . What next again ? -Action . He said it that knew it best ; and had by nature himself ...
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... actions to Argus with his hundred eyes , and the ends to Briareus with his hundred hands ; first to watch , and then to speed . For the helmet of Pluto , which maketh the politic man go invisible , is secrecy in the counsel , and ...
... actions to Argus with his hundred eyes , and the ends to Briareus with his hundred hands ; first to watch , and then to speed . For the helmet of Pluto , which maketh the politic man go invisible , is secrecy in the counsel , and ...
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