The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volumen5David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler F.P. Kaiser, 1900 - 4190 páginas |
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... English bar it was because life at German universities was cheaper than at English . Fielding studied law at the Middle Temple after his return from Germany , and was admitted to the bar , but he soon became a prolific playwright , then ...
... English bar it was because life at German universities was cheaper than at English . Fielding studied law at the Middle Temple after his return from Germany , and was admitted to the bar , but he soon became a prolific playwright , then ...
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... English literature by sev- eral of the best stories in any modern language , it is the first love story in which the characters move through the whole plot with def- inite and distinct individualities towards a conclusion , planned in ...
... English literature by sev- eral of the best stories in any modern language , it is the first love story in which the characters move through the whole plot with def- inite and distinct individualities towards a conclusion , planned in ...
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... English , and , consequently , are less within the reach of most of my country- men . But perhaps it may be asked , Will Seneca or Plutarch make us laugh ? Perhaps not ; but if you are not a fool , my worthy friend , which I can hardly ...
... English , and , consequently , are less within the reach of most of my country- men . But perhaps it may be asked , Will Seneca or Plutarch make us laugh ? Perhaps not ; but if you are not a fool , my worthy friend , which I can hardly ...
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... English reviews , are still uncollected . " THE HOW TO GROW GREAT MEN chief duty of a nation , " says Mr. Lowell , " is to produce great men ; for without them its history is but the annals of ants and of bees . " He had already said ...
... English reviews , are still uncollected . " THE HOW TO GROW GREAT MEN chief duty of a nation , " says Mr. Lowell , " is to produce great men ; for without them its history is but the annals of ants and of bees . " He had already said ...
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... English blood and speech in widely different ages , Alfred the King and Washington the Presi- dent . Both of them clearly belong to the class of which we are speaking . There is not in the character of either any overwhelm- ing ...
... English blood and speech in widely different ages , Alfred the King and Washington the Presi- dent . Both of them clearly belong to the class of which we are speaking . There is not in the character of either any overwhelm- ing ...
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