Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 54
... to - morrow speak what to - morrow thinks in hard words again , though it contradict everything you said to - day . Ah , then , exclaim the aged ladies , you shall be sure to be misunderstood . Misunder- stood ! It is a right fool's ...
... to - morrow speak what to - morrow thinks in hard words again , though it contradict everything you said to - day . Ah , then , exclaim the aged ladies , you shall be sure to be misunderstood . Misunder- stood ! It is a right fool's ...
Page 56
... to - day , because it is not of to - day . We love it and pay it homage , because it is not a trap for our love and homage , but is self - dependent , self - derived , and therefore of an old immaculate pedigree , even if shown in a ...
... to - day , because it is not of to - day . We love it and pay it homage , because it is not a trap for our love and homage , but is self - dependent , self - derived , and therefore of an old immaculate pedigree , even if shown in a ...
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... in most men an in- durated heterogeneous fabric of many dates , and of no settled character , in which the man is im- prisoned . Then there can be enlargement , and the man of to - day scarcely recognizes the man of yesterday . And such ...
... in most men an in- durated heterogeneous fabric of many dates , and of no settled character , in which the man is im- prisoned . Then there can be enlargement , and the man of to - day scarcely recognizes the man of yesterday . And such ...
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