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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... seem men of despatch . But it is one thing to abbreviate by contracting , another by cutting off : and business so handled at several sittings or meetings , goeth commonly backward and forward in an unsteady manner . I know a wise man ...
... seem men of despatch . But it is one thing to abbreviate by contracting , another by cutting off : and business so handled at several sittings or meetings , goeth commonly backward and forward in an unsteady manner . I know a wise man ...
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... seems to fear the iron , as not able to admit the scar . No more would I tell a green writer all his faults , lest I should make him grieve and faint , and at last despair . For nothing doth more hurt than to make him so afraid of all ...
... seems to fear the iron , as not able to admit the scar . No more would I tell a green writer all his faults , lest I should make him grieve and faint , and at last despair . For nothing doth more hurt than to make him so afraid of all ...
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... seem proper men . To conie amongst their equals , they count it an abridg . ment of their freedom , but to be with ... seems the mine of memory . lies there , because there naturally men dig for it , scratching it when they are at a ...
... seem proper men . To conie amongst their equals , they count it an abridg . ment of their freedom , but to be with ... seems the mine of memory . lies there , because there naturally men dig for it , scratching it when they are at a ...
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... seems to have been satisfied at last , he confesses he had enough for many years , he bids his soul take its ease ; and yet , for all that , God says to him , " Thou fool , this night thy soul shall be required of thee ; and the things ...
... seems to have been satisfied at last , he confesses he had enough for many years , he bids his soul take its ease ; and yet , for all that , God says to him , " Thou fool , this night thy soul shall be required of thee ; and the things ...
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... seem to be the emblem or picture of the other . We are somewhat more than ourselves in our sleeps ; and the slumber of the body seems to be but the waking of the soul . It is the ligation of sense , but the liberty of reason ; and our ...
... seem to be the emblem or picture of the other . We are somewhat more than ourselves in our sleeps ; and the slumber of the body seems to be but the waking of the soul . It is the ligation of sense , but the liberty of reason ; and our ...
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