Essays: First Series ; Second SeriesAlden, 1892 - 396 pages |
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... grounds of character , that the dialogue , on the slightest additional incident in the plot , rises naturally into poetry . Among many texts take the following : The Roman Martius has conquered Athens , -all but the invincible spirits ...
... grounds of character , that the dialogue , on the slightest additional incident in the plot , rises naturally into poetry . Among many texts take the following : The Roman Martius has conquered Athens , -all but the invincible spirits ...
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... ground unto the Lord the water which three of his warriors had brought him to drink , at the peril of their lives . It is told of Brutus , that when he fell on his sword after the battle of Philippi , he quoted a line of Euripides , " O ...
... ground unto the Lord the water which three of his warriors had brought him to drink , at the peril of their lives . It is told of Brutus , that when he fell on his sword after the battle of Philippi , he quoted a line of Euripides , " O ...
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... ground enough for Washington to tread , and London streets for the feet of Mil- ton . A great man illustrates his place , makes his climate genial in the imagination of men , and its air the beloved element of all delicate spirits ...
... ground enough for Washington to tread , and London streets for the feet of Mil- ton . A great man illustrates his place , makes his climate genial in the imagination of men , and its air the beloved element of all delicate spirits ...
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... ground . What it does not see , what it does not live , it I will not know . What the former age has epitomized into a formula or rule for manip- ular convenience , it will lose all the good of verifying for itself , by means of the ...
... ground . What it does not see , what it does not live , it I will not know . What the former age has epitomized into a formula or rule for manip- ular convenience , it will lose all the good of verifying for itself , by means of the ...
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... ground covered with it . But Xenophon arose naked , and taking an axe , began to split wood ; whereupon others rose and did the like . " Throughout his army seemed to be a boundless liberty of speech . They quar- rel for plunder , they ...
... ground covered with it . But Xenophon arose naked , and taking an axe , began to split wood ; whereupon others rose and did the like . " Throughout his army seemed to be a boundless liberty of speech . They quar- rel for plunder , they ...
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