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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... expression . But no other Stoic ever came nearer than Epictetus to the sublime simplicity of soul illustrated by those great ones of the race who for their work's sake have forgotten to ask whether they were to be comfortable or ...
... expression . But no other Stoic ever came nearer than Epictetus to the sublime simplicity of soul illustrated by those great ones of the race who for their work's sake have forgotten to ask whether they were to be comfortable or ...
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... expression to his ideas . What these ideas were we know not only from the fragments of his books , but from his disciples among whom were some of the most celebrated writers of the Greek and Roman decadence . While it is not true that ...
... expression to his ideas . What these ideas were we know not only from the fragments of his books , but from his disciples among whom were some of the most celebrated writers of the Greek and Roman decadence . While it is not true that ...
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... expression without any other effort than that of limitation and direction . Hallam , who has attacked Felltham , illustrates in his own style and literary methods a wholly different school of essay writers , - a school whose ...
... expression without any other effort than that of limitation and direction . Hallam , who has attacked Felltham , illustrates in his own style and literary methods a wholly different school of essay writers , - a school whose ...
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... expressions . Decency is the cor- rective of manners ; and even although such works be refined in point of language , yet are they then but as unsavory breaths . perfumed ; there is only a more precious stink , which certainly shows ...
... expressions . Decency is the cor- rective of manners ; and even although such works be refined in point of language , yet are they then but as unsavory breaths . perfumed ; there is only a more precious stink , which certainly shows ...
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... expression of love and courtesy , at another time has left me unsaluted at all . Yet , knowing him well , I have been certain of his sound affection , and have found it to proceed not from an intended neglect , but from an indis ...
... expression of love and courtesy , at another time has left me unsaluted at all . Yet , knowing him well , I have been certain of his sound affection , and have found it to proceed not from an intended neglect , but from an indis ...
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