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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... sense , is yet per- fectly and entirely wrapped up ) exposed , as they seem to be , to all those accidents of weather , storms , and rapacious birds , are yet preserved from avolation , diminution , and detriment , within their spiny ...
... sense , is yet per- fectly and entirely wrapped up ) exposed , as they seem to be , to all those accidents of weather , storms , and rapacious birds , are yet preserved from avolation , diminution , and detriment , within their spiny ...
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... sense of her filial piety and tenderness when she took leave of him in the street . He sent her also his whip and shirt of hair . To any who know how deep and rich may be the blessings and life compensations of a happy Christian home ...
... sense of her filial piety and tenderness when she took leave of him in the street . He sent her also his whip and shirt of hair . To any who know how deep and rich may be the blessings and life compensations of a happy Christian home ...
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... , if he hath any sense , he will grow wiser by the folly that is presented to him : as drunkards are often cured by seeing the beastliness of others who are so . The least caution is necessary 1672 OWEN FELLTHAM +Of Idle Books.
... , if he hath any sense , he will grow wiser by the folly that is presented to him : as drunkards are often cured by seeing the beastliness of others who are so . The least caution is necessary 1672 OWEN FELLTHAM +Of Idle Books.
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... sense , he grows incorrigible . He is the highest papal man in the world ; for he sets himself up above the church and all her doctors . While he cries down others for infallible , he acts as if he were so . His presumption must needs ...
... sense , he grows incorrigible . He is the highest papal man in the world ; for he sets himself up above the church and all her doctors . While he cries down others for infallible , he acts as if he were so . His presumption must needs ...
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... sense . Its higher and imaginary descriptions rather show what men should be , than what they are ; hyperboles in poetry , not only carry a decency , but even a grace along with them . The great- est danger that I find in poetry is ...
... sense . Its higher and imaginary descriptions rather show what men should be , than what they are ; hyperboles in poetry , not only carry a decency , but even a grace along with them . The great- est danger that I find in poetry is ...
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