The Living Age, Volume 250Living Age Company, 1906 |
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... existence made up of few and transitory pains , many and various pleasures , with a decided pre- dominance of the active over the pas- sive , and having as the foundation of the whole not to expect from life more than it is capable of ...
... existence made up of few and transitory pains , many and various pleasures , with a decided pre- dominance of the active over the pas- sive , and having as the foundation of the whole not to expect from life more than it is capable of ...
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... existence of such a meaning . Coherence of structure stands for coherence of thought . Where not a detail , or smallest feature , which in any way conflicts with the general char- acter , is admitted , we cannot but be aware of an ...
... existence of such a meaning . Coherence of structure stands for coherence of thought . Where not a detail , or smallest feature , which in any way conflicts with the general char- acter , is admitted , we cannot but be aware of an ...
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... existence . Everything has passed beyond that stage , and , by common consent , has substituted a decorative for a useful purpose . Functional use has retired into the background . Show and display have asserted themselves as the raison ...
... existence . Everything has passed beyond that stage , and , by common consent , has substituted a decorative for a useful purpose . Functional use has retired into the background . Show and display have asserted themselves as the raison ...
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... existence he had of late been leading . All these symptoms , it will be seen , are of a piece , and all may be referred to the same cause . The purposeless , unmeaning quarrel , the unclothed and unfed armies , the court - favorite gen ...
... existence he had of late been leading . All these symptoms , it will be seen , are of a piece , and all may be referred to the same cause . The purposeless , unmeaning quarrel , the unclothed and unfed armies , the court - favorite gen ...
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... existence . Let us quote , as a specimen , the fol- lowing account of the introduction of the Venetian ambassadress to Court : Madame de Luynes made a curtsey to the Queen and another to the ladies of the Court and then went to receive ...
... existence . Let us quote , as a specimen , the fol- lowing account of the introduction of the Venetian ambassadress to Court : Madame de Luynes made a curtsey to the Queen and another to the ladies of the Court and then went to receive ...
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