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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... kings say it ! For what else is tragedy than the perturbations of men who value externals exhibited in this kind of poetry ? But if a man must learn by fiction that no external things which are inde- pendent of the will concern us , for ...
... kings say it ! For what else is tragedy than the perturbations of men who value externals exhibited in this kind of poetry ? But if a man must learn by fiction that no external things which are inde- pendent of the will concern us , for ...
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... kings to violate ; the people love peace , but their rulers stir up war . " The same spirit governs " The Praises of Folly , ” — a work in which , while he never completely attains the essayist's method , he opens the way for the most ...
... kings to violate ; the people love peace , but their rulers stir up war . " The same spirit governs " The Praises of Folly , ” — a work in which , while he never completely attains the essayist's method , he opens the way for the most ...
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... king against Cromwell . When the Royal cause became hopeless , he accepted the situation and retired to Wotton to study the life of the woods and fields . Af- ter the Restoration he was a court favorite , and used his influence to ...
... king against Cromwell . When the Royal cause became hopeless , he accepted the situation and retired to Wotton to study the life of the woods and fields . Af- ter the Restoration he was a court favorite , and used his influence to ...
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... King and Parliament , in which he sided warmly with the King . He died in Northamptonshire in 1668 . Aside from its own interest , his prose is so obviously a result of the same forces which evolved the Shakespearean cycle of poets ...
... King and Parliament , in which he sided warmly with the King . He died in Northamptonshire in 1668 . Aside from its own interest , his prose is so obviously a result of the same forces which evolved the Shakespearean cycle of poets ...
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... kings to have no loyal subjects but themselves . All heavenly hearts are charitable . Enlightened souls disperse their rays . I will , if I can , do something for others and heaven ; not to deserve by it , but to express myself and my ...
... kings to have no loyal subjects but themselves . All heavenly hearts are charitable . Enlightened souls disperse their rays . I will , if I can , do something for others and heaven ; not to deserve by it , but to express myself and my ...
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