Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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Page 9
... lose all their meanness when hung as signs in the zodiac , so I can see my own vices without heat in the distant persons of Solomon , Alcibiades , and Catiline . It is this universal nature which gives worth to particular men and things ...
... lose all their meanness when hung as signs in the zodiac , so I can see my own vices without heat in the distant persons of Solomon , Alcibiades , and Catiline . It is this universal nature which gives worth to particular men and things ...
Page 10
... lose our ear , anywhere make us feel that we intrude , that this is for our betters , but rather is it true that in their grandest strokes , there we feel most at home . All that Shakespeare says of the king , yonder slip of a boy that ...
... lose our ear , anywhere make us feel that we intrude , that this is for our betters , but rather is it true that in their grandest strokes , there we feel most at home . All that Shakespeare says of the king , yonder slip of a boy that ...
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... lose all the good of verify . ing for itself , by means of the wall of that rule . Somewhere or other , some time or other , it will demand and find compensation for that loss by doing the work itself . Ferguson discovered many things ...
... lose all the good of verify . ing for itself , by means of the wall of that rule . Somewhere or other , some time or other , it will demand and find compensation for that loss by doing the work itself . Ferguson discovered many things ...
Page 47
... lose all pledge , and having observed , observe again from the same unaffected , unbiased , unbrib- able , unaffrighted innocence , must always be for- midable , must always engage the poet's and the man's regards . Of such an immortal ...
... lose all pledge , and having observed , observe again from the same unaffected , unbiased , unbrib- able , unaffrighted innocence , must always be for- midable , must always engage the poet's and the man's regards . Of such an immortal ...
Page 51
... loses your time and blurs the impression of your character . If you maintain a dead church , contribute to a dead Bible - Society , vote with a great party either for the Government or against it , spread your table like base ...
... loses your time and blurs the impression of your character . If you maintain a dead church , contribute to a dead Bible - Society , vote with a great party either for the Government or against it , spread your table like base ...
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