Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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... hears the commendation , not of himself , but more sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concern- ing character , yea , further , in every fact and circum- stance - in the running river and the rustling corn ...
... hears the commendation , not of himself , but more sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concern- ing character , yea , further , in every fact and circum- stance - in the running river and the rustling corn ...
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... Hear the rats in the wall , see the lizard on the fence , the fungus under foot , the lichen on the log . What do I know sympathetically , morally , of either of these worlds of life ? As old as the Caucasian man , -perhaps older ...
... Hear the rats in the wall , see the lizard on the fence , the fungus under foot , the lichen on the log . What do I know sympathetically , morally , of either of these worlds of life ? As old as the Caucasian man , -perhaps older ...
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... hears an admonition in such lines , let the subject be what it may . The sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart ...
... hears an admonition in such lines , let the subject be what it may . The sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart ...
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... hear in solitude , but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world . Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members . Society is a joint - stock company , in which the members agree ...
... hear in solitude , but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world . Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members . Society is a joint - stock company , in which the members agree ...
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... hear a preacher announce for his text and topic the expediency of one of the institutions of his church . Do I not know beforehand that not possibly can he say a new and spontaneous word ? Do not know that , with all this ostentation of ...
... hear a preacher announce for his text and topic the expediency of one of the institutions of his church . Do I not know beforehand that not possibly can he say a new and spontaneous word ? Do not know that , with all this ostentation of ...
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