Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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Page 11
... side by wide - stretched symmetrical wings . What appears once in the atmosphere may appear often , and it was ... sides of the stone wall , which obviously gave the idea of the common architec- tural scroll to abut a tower . By ...
... side by wide - stretched symmetrical wings . What appears once in the atmosphere may appear often , and it was ... sides of the stone wall , which obviously gave the idea of the common architec- tural scroll to abut a tower . By ...
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... side and on that , but they must turn the whole head . The manners of that period are plain and fierce . The reverence exhibited is for personal qualities , cour- age , address , self - command , justice , strength , swiftness , a loud ...
... side and on that , but they must turn the whole head . The manners of that period are plain and fierce . The reverence exhibited is for personal qualities , cour- age , address , self - command , justice , strength , swiftness , a loud ...
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... side but the transmigrations of Proteus ? I can symbolise my thought by using the name of any creature , of any fact , because every creature is man agent or patient . Tantalus is but a name for you and me . Tantalus means the ...
... side but the transmigrations of Proteus ? I can symbolise my thought by using the name of any creature , of any fact , because every creature is man agent or patient . Tantalus is but a name for you and me . Tantalus means the ...
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... side and put riddles to every passenger . If the man could not answer she swallowed him alive . solve the riddle the Sphinx was slain . life but an endless flight of winged facts or events ! In splendid variety these changes come , all ...
... side and put riddles to every passenger . If the man could not answer she swallowed him alive . solve the riddle the Sphinx was slain . life but an endless flight of winged facts or events ! In splendid variety these changes come , all ...
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... side . Else , to - morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time , and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another . The There is a time in every man's ...
... side . Else , to - morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time , and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another . The There is a time in every man's ...
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