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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... thought . An attempt has been made in the present volume , by judicious selection , to give a fair view of the wealth and broad expanse of the writings of the British Essay- ists , beginning with Lord Bacon's " Essays , Civil and Moral ...
... thought . An attempt has been made in the present volume , by judicious selection , to give a fair view of the wealth and broad expanse of the writings of the British Essay- ists , beginning with Lord Bacon's " Essays , Civil and Moral ...
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... thought , Montaigne is the earliest and , as yet , the greatest example . When the Essay became a popular literary form in England , the conditions of things had altogether changed since Montaigne's day . The Frenchman was a solitary ...
... thought , Montaigne is the earliest and , as yet , the greatest example . When the Essay became a popular literary form in England , the conditions of things had altogether changed since Montaigne's day . The Frenchman was a solitary ...
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... thought must have accumulated to a certain point ; a literature less or more must be in existence , and must be preserved in printed books . Songs have been sung , histories and biographies have been written ; and to these songs ...
... thought must have accumulated to a certain point ; a literature less or more must be in existence , and must be preserved in printed books . Songs have been sung , histories and biographies have been written ; and to these songs ...
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... thought . The narrow limit in which he works demands this . In a ten - mile race it is not expected that the runners shall go all the way at the top of their speed ; in a race of three hundred yards it is not unreasonably expected that ...
... thought . The narrow limit in which he works demands this . In a ten - mile race it is not expected that the runners shall go all the way at the top of their speed ; in a race of three hundred yards it is not unreasonably expected that ...
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... thought in his heart . " So as he rather saith it by rote to himself , as that he would have , than that he can thoroughly believe it , or be persuaded of it . For none deny there is a God , but those for whom it maketh that there were ...
... thought in his heart . " So as he rather saith it by rote to himself , as that he would have , than that he can thoroughly believe it , or be persuaded of it . For none deny there is a God , but those for whom it maketh that there were ...
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