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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... would drop in a moment , and yet so obstinately adhering , as to be able to contest against the fiercest winds that prostrate mighty structures ! There it abides till God bids it fall : for so the wise 1662 JOHN EVELYN The Life of Trees.
... would drop in a moment , and yet so obstinately adhering , as to be able to contest against the fiercest winds that prostrate mighty structures ! There it abides till God bids it fall : for so the wise 1662 JOHN EVELYN The Life of Trees.
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... fall into the embraces of the earth , now made pregnant with the season , and ready for another burden : for at the time of year she fails not to bring them forth . With what delight have I beheld this ten- der and innumerable offspring ...
... fall into the embraces of the earth , now made pregnant with the season , and ready for another burden : for at the time of year she fails not to bring them forth . With what delight have I beheld this ten- der and innumerable offspring ...
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... fall out ill , my mind not being set on it will teach me pa- tience under the saddening want . I will cozen pain by not car- ing for it ; and plump my joys by letting them surprise me . As I would not neglect a good when it offers , so ...
... fall out ill , my mind not being set on it will teach me pa- tience under the saddening want . I will cozen pain by not car- ing for it ; and plump my joys by letting them surprise me . As I would not neglect a good when it offers , so ...
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... " I would not follow poetry as a profession , and I would not want it as a recreation . Complete . From « Resolves , Divine , Moral , and Political . » OF WISDOM AND SCIENCE EARNING falls far short of wisdom OWEN FELLTHAM 1679.
... " I would not follow poetry as a profession , and I would not want it as a recreation . Complete . From « Resolves , Divine , Moral , and Political . » OF WISDOM AND SCIENCE EARNING falls far short of wisdom OWEN FELLTHAM 1679.
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... falls far short of wisdom . Nay , so far , that you shall Le scarcely find a greater fool than is sometimes a mere scholar ... fall into affectation and pedantry . He who is made up of the press and the pen shall be sure to be ridiculous ...
... falls far short of wisdom . Nay , so far , that you shall Le scarcely find a greater fool than is sometimes a mere scholar ... fall into affectation and pedantry . He who is made up of the press and the pen shall be sure to be ridiculous ...
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