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He seems to have regarded himself as Montesquieu ' s pupil , but his intellectual
habits are in all things those of the master , — the man of universal sympathy
using a strong intellect as a mode of expression for a soul inspired by the sacred
...
He seems to have regarded himself as Montesquieu ' s pupil , but his intellectual
habits are in all things those of the master , — the man of universal sympathy
using a strong intellect as a mode of expression for a soul inspired by the sacred
...
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To me it seems an absurdity that laws , which are the expression of the public will
, which abhor and which punish homicide , should themselves commit one ; and
that , to deter citi . zens from private assassination , they should themselves ...
To me it seems an absurdity that laws , which are the expression of the public will
, which abhor and which punish homicide , should themselves commit one ; and
that , to deter citi . zens from private assassination , they should themselves ...
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As a pulpit orator he ranks with Phillips Brooks whom he surpasses in power of
pleasing expression , though surpassed by him in insight . As an essayist , he
shows the influence of Addison and Irving , with occasional suggestions of the ...
As a pulpit orator he ranks with Phillips Brooks whom he surpasses in power of
pleasing expression , though surpassed by him in insight . As an essayist , he
shows the influence of Addison and Irving , with occasional suggestions of the ...
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From the studies of the great masterpieces of Greece , he learned to know and to
reverence as sublime the simplicity of native art which shaped the expression of
« When the Kye Comes Hame » or of « Annie Laurie . » « The man who strives ...
From the studies of the great masterpieces of Greece , he learned to know and to
reverence as sublime the simplicity of native art which shaped the expression of
« When the Kye Comes Hame » or of « Annie Laurie . » « The man who strives ...
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The first nine chapters of that book are highly poetical , adorned with many
distinguished graces and figures of expression . At the tenth chapter the style is
sensibly altered , and descends into a lower strain , which is continued to the end
...
The first nine chapters of that book are highly poetical , adorned with many
distinguished graces and figures of expression . At the tenth chapter the style is
sensibly altered , and descends into a lower strain , which is continued to the end
...
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| Título | The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time Volumen2 de The World's Best Essays: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, David Josiah Brewer |
| Autor | David Josiah Brewer |
| Editores | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler |
| Editor | F.P. Kaiser, 1900 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de California |
| Digitalizado | 8 Mayo 2009 |
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