The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great Essayists, from Lord Bacon to John Ruskin : with Introduction, Biographical Notices, and Critical NotesW.P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, 1887 |
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... called upon to write for the town , but for town and country both . Society was reading in all its ranks , and each rank had its special interests . The Essayists ' subject - matter had been vastly enlarged ; great actors had trod the ...
... called upon to write for the town , but for town and country both . Society was reading in all its ranks , and each rank had its special interests . The Essayists ' subject - matter had been vastly enlarged ; great actors had trod the ...
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... called * “ His philosophical genius , and the force of his lan - poesy , " vinum dæmonum ; " because it filleth the guage , gave him a greater advantage even than his learn- ing , while his keen perception of the true and beautiful ...
... called * “ His philosophical genius , and the force of his lan - poesy , " vinum dæmonum ; " because it filleth the guage , gave him a greater advantage even than his learn- ing , while his keen perception of the true and beautiful ...
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... called upon . Grave natures , led by custom , and therefore constant , are commonly loving husbands : as was said of Ulysses , " Vetulam suam prætulit immortalitati . " Chaste women are often proud and froward , as presuming upon the ...
... called upon . Grave natures , led by custom , and therefore constant , are commonly loving husbands : as was said of Ulysses , " Vetulam suam prætulit immortalitati . " Chaste women are often proud and froward , as presuming upon the ...
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... called " the envious man , that soweth tares among the wheat by night : " * as it always cometh to pass , that envy worketh subtilely , and in the dark ; and to the prejudice of good things , such as is the wheat . OF LOVE The stage is ...
... called " the envious man , that soweth tares among the wheat by night : " * as it always cometh to pass , that envy worketh subtilely , and in the dark ; and to the prejudice of good things , such as is the wheat . OF LOVE The stage is ...
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... called him by his true name , whereat straightways he looked back . But these small wares and petty points of cunning are infinite , and it were a good deed to make a list of them ; for that nothing doth more hurt in a state , than that ...
... called him by his true name , whereat straightways he looked back . But these small wares and petty points of cunning are infinite , and it were a good deed to make a list of them ; for that nothing doth more hurt in a state , than that ...
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