Essays: Moral, Political and AestheticD. Appleton, 1868 - 418 páginas |
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... Although some of the following Essays may seem to be confined to the consideration of English policy , yet this limitation is only apparent . English facts and experiences are taken as examples and illustrations , but the.
... Although some of the following Essays may seem to be confined to the consideration of English policy , yet this limitation is only apparent . English facts and experiences are taken as examples and illustrations , but the.
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... seems yet to have been enunciated . The maxims contained in works on composition and rhetoric , are presented in an unorganized form . Standing as isolated dogmas - as empirical gener- alizations , they are neither so clearly ...
... seems yet to have been enunciated . The maxims contained in works on composition and rhetoric , are presented in an unorganized form . Standing as isolated dogmas - as empirical gener- alizations , they are neither so clearly ...
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... seems reason to think that in all cases the friction and inertia of the vehicle deduct from its efficiency ; and that in composition , the chief , if not the sole thing to be done , is , to reduce this friction and inertia to the ...
... seems reason to think that in all cases the friction and inertia of the vehicle deduct from its efficiency ; and that in composition , the chief , if not the sole thing to be done , is , to reduce this friction and inertia to the ...
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... seems more forcible to say , " It is magnificent , " than " It is grand . " The word vast is not so powerful a one as stu- pendous . Calling a thing nasty is not so effective as call- ing it disgusting . There seem to be several causes ...
... seems more forcible to say , " It is magnificent , " than " It is grand . " The word vast is not so powerful a one as stu- pendous . Calling a thing nasty is not so effective as call- ing it disgusting . There seem to be several causes ...
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... seem the best ; while to one deficient in them it will seem the worst . Just as it may cost a strong man less effort to carry a hundred - weight from place to place at once , than by a stone at a time ; so , to an active mind it may be ...
... seem the best ; while to one deficient in them it will seem the worst . Just as it may cost a strong man less effort to carry a hundred - weight from place to place at once , than by a stone at a time ; so , to an active mind it may be ...
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