The Living Age, Volume 270Living Age Company, 1911 |
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Page 52
... reason . The very smoothness of the result blinds the spectator to the un- derlying difficulties . No doubt at times Gilbert trusted , with complete justifica- tion , to the skill and the scoring of his collaborator ; at other times it ...
... reason . The very smoothness of the result blinds the spectator to the un- derlying difficulties . No doubt at times Gilbert trusted , with complete justifica- tion , to the skill and the scoring of his collaborator ; at other times it ...
Page 58
... reason so many of us no longer wish to read of them is that we have groped painfully to the conclusion that all an- swers to such questions are to be sought for among the emotional intui- tions . By those who struggle with all their ...
... reason so many of us no longer wish to read of them is that we have groped painfully to the conclusion that all an- swers to such questions are to be sought for among the emotional intui- tions . By those who struggle with all their ...
Page 82
... reason , for Penelope was actually as abstracted as she looked . If one had asked her suddenly for her thoughts she might with honesty have said Free Will , for on that fascinating futile problem was her mind engaged when it was not ...
... reason , for Penelope was actually as abstracted as she looked . If one had asked her suddenly for her thoughts she might with honesty have said Free Will , for on that fascinating futile problem was her mind engaged when it was not ...
Page 93
... reason is that inventors of string instruments with a hammer action are beset with two difficulties . The first is to devise a means whereby the ham- mer , after striking the string , shall re- bound , and leave the string free even ...
... reason is that inventors of string instruments with a hammer action are beset with two difficulties . The first is to devise a means whereby the ham- mer , after striking the string , shall re- bound , and leave the string free even ...
Page 123
... . The versifier may laugh at himself , but he does not laugh at his art ; and for that reason he does not laugh at all that his art implies . In his mood of the moment he may re- gard himself Light and Humorous Verse . 123.
... . The versifier may laugh at himself , but he does not laugh at his art ; and for that reason he does not laugh at all that his art implies . In his mood of the moment he may re- gard himself Light and Humorous Verse . 123.
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