The World's Best Essays: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volumen2David Josiah Brewer F.P. Kaiser, 1900 |
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... believe that the book clubs would take copies of all the rubbish that came out . Some of these novels I have read ; some of them actually stand on my shelves ; and I declare that any- thing more dreary and unprofitable it is difficult ...
... believe that the book clubs would take copies of all the rubbish that came out . Some of these novels I have read ; some of them actually stand on my shelves ; and I declare that any- thing more dreary and unprofitable it is difficult ...
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... believe this unless we like . There was a touch of morosity about the late Rector of Lincoln which led him to take gloomy views of men , particularly Oxford men . No doubt arguments a priori may readily be found to support the ...
... believe this unless we like . There was a touch of morosity about the late Rector of Lincoln which led him to take gloomy views of men , particularly Oxford men . No doubt arguments a priori may readily be found to support the ...
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... believe that great men mean what they say . We are below their level , and what they actually say seems impossible to us , till we have adul- terated it to suit our own imbecility . Especially when they speak of the highest realities we ...
... believe that great men mean what they say . We are below their level , and what they actually say seems impossible to us , till we have adul- terated it to suit our own imbecility . Especially when they speak of the highest realities we ...
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... believe that I know many men whom no material bribe would tempt to what is mean or dishonest . There is something curious in the feeling which many people cherish towards an acquaintance who becomes a successful man . Getting On gives ...
... believe that I know many men whom no material bribe would tempt to what is mean or dishonest . There is something curious in the feeling which many people cherish towards an acquaintance who becomes a successful man . Getting On gives ...
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... made on its streets those keen observations of dog nature which in " Rab and His Friends » go far to persuade the reader to believe , with Agassiz , that nobility in dog nature is as II - 36 561 BROWN, JOHN 1810-1882.
... made on its streets those keen observations of dog nature which in " Rab and His Friends » go far to persuade the reader to believe , with Agassiz , that nobility in dog nature is as II - 36 561 BROWN, JOHN 1810-1882.
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