Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 110
... Less . How can Less not feel the pain ; how not feel indignation or malevolence towards More ? Look at those who have less faculty , and one feels sad , and knows not well what to make of it . Almost he shuns their eye ; almost he fears ...
... Less . How can Less not feel the pain ; how not feel indignation or malevolence towards More ? Look at those who have less faculty , and one feels sad , and knows not well what to make of it . Almost he shuns their eye ; almost he fears ...
Page 119
... less a man thinks or knows about his virtues , the better we like him . Timoleon's victories are the best vic ... less conspicuous is the preponderance of nature over will in all practical life . There is less intention in history than ...
... less a man thinks or knows about his virtues , the better we like him . Timoleon's victories are the best vic ... less conspicuous is the preponderance of nature over will in all practical life . There is less intention in history than ...
Page 255
... less like other men . There is in all great poets , a wisdom of humanity , which is superior to any talents they exercise . The author , the wit , the partisan , the fine gentleman , does not take place of the man . Humanity shines in ...
... less like other men . There is in all great poets , a wisdom of humanity , which is superior to any talents they exercise . The author , the wit , the partisan , the fine gentleman , does not take place of the man . Humanity shines in ...
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