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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... character of a buffoon ; and his admirers , if an old Latin proverb be true , deserve no great compliments to be paid to their wisdom . After what I have here advanced I cannot fairly , I think , be represented as an enemy to laughter ...
... character of a buffoon ; and his admirers , if an old Latin proverb be true , deserve no great compliments to be paid to their wisdom . After what I have here advanced I cannot fairly , I think , be represented as an enemy to laughter ...
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... Character . " His greatest work , " The History of Modern Philosophy , " is notable in its art of construction as in its style . It is a series of " monographs " or essays , each complete indi- vidually , while all support and ...
... Character . " His greatest work , " The History of Modern Philosophy , " is notable in its art of construction as in its style . It is a series of " monographs " or essays , each complete indi- vidually , while all support and ...
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... Character , " " On the Application of the Epithet Romantic , " and " On Some of the Causes by which Evangelical Religion Has Been Ren- dered Less Acceptable to Persons of Cultivated Tastes . " These , in- deed , complete the list of his ...
... Character , " " On the Application of the Epithet Romantic , " and " On Some of the Causes by which Evangelical Religion Has Been Ren- dered Less Acceptable to Persons of Cultivated Tastes . " These , in- deed , complete the list of his ...
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... character . The subject of such a commanding pas- sion wonders , if indeed he were at leisure to wonder , at the per- sons who pretend to attach importance to an object which they make none but the most languid efforts to secure . The ...
... character . The subject of such a commanding pas- sion wonders , if indeed he were at leisure to wonder , at the per- sons who pretend to attach importance to an object which they make none but the most languid efforts to secure . The ...
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... character , and of the extraordinary effect which , according to general laws , belongs to the strongest form of such a character . But not less decision has been displayed by men of virtue . In this distinction no man ever exceeded ...
... character , and of the extraordinary effect which , according to general laws , belongs to the strongest form of such a character . But not less decision has been displayed by men of virtue . In this distinction no man ever exceeded ...
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