Essays: First seriesH. Altemus, 1895 - 322 pages |
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... 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 reads in the corner , feels to be true of himself . We sympathize in the great moments of history , in ...
... 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 reads in the corner , feels to be true of himself . We sympathize in the great moments of history , in ...
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... true for one and true for all . His own secret biography he finds in lines wonderfully intelligible to him , yet dotted down before he was born . One after another he comes up in his private adventures with every fable of Esop , of ...
... true for one and true for all . His own secret biography he finds in lines wonderfully intelligible to him , yet dotted down before he was born . One after another he comes up in his private adventures with every fable of Esop , of ...
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... true , excite me to the least uneasiness by saying , " he acted , and thou sittest still . " I see action to be good , when the need is , and sitting still to be also good . Epaminondas , if he was the man I take him for , would have ...
... true , excite me to the least uneasiness by saying , " he acted , and thou sittest still . " I see action to be good , when the need is , and sitting still to be also good . Epaminondas , if he was the man I take him for , would have ...
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