The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volumen1F.P. Kaiser, 1900 - 4190 páginas |
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... beautiful , the terrible , or the ludi- crous . The practical rules or processes connected with the science of the passive emotions arrange themselves into two classes , cor- responding to the two divisions now mentioned . To the former ...
... beautiful , the terrible , or the ludi- crous . The practical rules or processes connected with the science of the passive emotions arrange themselves into two classes , cor- responding to the two divisions now mentioned . To the former ...
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... beautiful saying in Theognis : " Vice is covered by wealth , and virtue by poverty " ; or , to give it in the verbal translation , " Among men there are some who have their vices concealed by wealth , and others who have their virtues ...
... beautiful saying in Theognis : " Vice is covered by wealth , and virtue by poverty " ; or , to give it in the verbal translation , " Among men there are some who have their vices concealed by wealth , and others who have their virtues ...
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... beautiful strokes of poetry to this purpose , in that exalted strain : " The heavens declare the glory of God ; and the firmament showeth his handywork . One day telleth another ; and one night certi- fieth another . There is neither ...
... beautiful strokes of poetry to this purpose , in that exalted strain : " The heavens declare the glory of God ; and the firmament showeth his handywork . One day telleth another ; and one night certi- fieth another . There is neither ...
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... beautiful and glaring an object even for a man of my char- acter and gravity . I could scarce forbear making use of my hand to cover so unseemly a sight . If we survey the pictures of our great grandmothers in Queen Elizabeth's time ...
... beautiful and glaring an object even for a man of my char- acter and gravity . I could scarce forbear making use of my hand to cover so unseemly a sight . If we survey the pictures of our great grandmothers in Queen Elizabeth's time ...
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... beautiful : when she is undressed she is beautiful " ; or , as Mercerus has translated it more emphati- cally , " Induitur , formosa est : exuitur , ipsa forma est . " WIT AND WISDOM IN LITERATURE Scribendi recte sapere est et ...
... beautiful : when she is undressed she is beautiful " ; or , as Mercerus has translated it more emphati- cally , " Induitur , formosa est : exuitur , ipsa forma est . " WIT AND WISDOM IN LITERATURE Scribendi recte sapere est et ...
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