Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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Page 29
... poor men in good situa- tions . Are they my poor ? I tell thee , thou foolish philanthropist , that I grudge the dollar , the dime , the cent , I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong . There is a class of ...
... poor men in good situa- tions . Are they my poor ? I tell thee , thou foolish philanthropist , that I grudge the dollar , the dime , the cent , I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong . There is a class of ...
Page 32
... poor are aroused , when the unintelligent brute force that lies at the bottom of society is made to growl and mow , it needs the habit of magnanimity and religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no con- cernment . The other terror ...
... poor are aroused , when the unintelligent brute force that lies at the bottom of society is made to growl and mow , it needs the habit of magnanimity and religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no con- cernment . The other terror ...
Page 35
... poor when he looks on these . To him a palace , a statue , or a costly book have an alien and forbidding air , much like a gay equipage , and seem to say like that , Who are you , sir ? Yet they all are his , suitors for his notice ...
... poor when he looks on these . To him a palace , a statue , or a costly book have an alien and forbidding air , much like a gay equipage , and seem to say like that , Who are you , sir ? Yet they all are his , suitors for his notice ...
Page 40
... poor external way of speaking . Speak rather of that which relies , because it works and is . Who has more obedience than I masters me , though he should not raise his finger . Round him I must revolve by the gravitation of spirits . We ...
... poor external way of speaking . Speak rather of that which relies , because it works and is . Who has more obedience than I masters me , though he should not raise his finger . Round him I must revolve by the gravitation of spirits . We ...
Page 54
... poor and de- spised ; and that a compensation is to be made to these last hereafter , by giving them the like gratifications another day , -bank - stock and doubloons , venison and champagne ? This must be the compensation intended ...
... poor and de- spised ; and that a compensation is to be made to these last hereafter , by giving them the like gratifications another day , -bank - stock and doubloons , venison and champagne ? This must be the compensation intended ...
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