The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volumen5David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler F.P. Kaiser, 1900 - 4190 páginas |
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... action . He believed in gods , who , however , had no concern in the government of the world and ought not to be appealed to as arbiters of events . He was opposed to those who attributed such natural phenomena as the noise of thunder ...
... action . He believed in gods , who , however , had no concern in the government of the world and ought not to be appealed to as arbiters of events . He was opposed to those who attributed such natural phenomena as the noise of thunder ...
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... actions and achievements ; and as far from wholly neglecting them , but will place them ( as memorials of virtue ) indifferently either in his porch or gallery , or else- where . Nor will he be solicitous about the manner or place of ...
... actions and achievements ; and as far from wholly neglecting them , but will place them ( as memorials of virtue ) indifferently either in his porch or gallery , or else- where . Nor will he be solicitous about the manner or place of ...
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... actions . There must be something for him to fly to beyond the reach of his caviling senses and corrupted reason ; otherwise , he will waver in his ways and ever be in a doubtful unsettledness . If he takes policy , that is both endless ...
... actions . There must be something for him to fly to beyond the reach of his caviling senses and corrupted reason ; otherwise , he will waver in his ways and ever be in a doubtful unsettledness . If he takes policy , that is both endless ...
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... action was the chief part of an orator . Surely that oration is most powerful where the tongue is elo- quent , and speaks in a native decency , even in every limb . A good orator should pierce the ear , allure the eye , and invade the ...
... action was the chief part of an orator . Surely that oration is most powerful where the tongue is elo- quent , and speaks in a native decency , even in every limb . A good orator should pierce the ear , allure the eye , and invade the ...
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... action , but is faulty in something ; at least in some circumstance , though excusable in the most important . I know calumny and conjecture may injure innocence itself . In matters of censure , nothing but a certain knowledge should ...
... action , but is faulty in something ; at least in some circumstance , though excusable in the most important . I know calumny and conjecture may injure innocence itself . In matters of censure , nothing but a certain knowledge should ...
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