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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... hath but memory , and bestows some time in a library . There is a free nobleness of mind which some men are graced with , which far outshines the notions of the for- mal student ; and some men speak more excellently even from nature's ...
... hath but memory , and bestows some time in a library . There is a free nobleness of mind which some men are graced with , which far outshines the notions of the for- mal student ; and some men speak more excellently even from nature's ...
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... hath a sovereign receipt , and dies without revealing it , robs the world of many blessings which might multiply after his death ; and leaves this as a truth to all survivors , that he did good to others , but to himself a greater . But ...
... hath a sovereign receipt , and dies without revealing it , robs the world of many blessings which might multiply after his death ; and leaves this as a truth to all survivors , that he did good to others , but to himself a greater . But ...
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... hath God disposed of the ways of man , that even the sight of vice in others is like a warning arrow shot to make us take heed . When she thinks by publishing herself to procure a train of followers , God , by his secret working , makes ...
... hath God disposed of the ways of man , that even the sight of vice in others is like a warning arrow shot to make us take heed . When she thinks by publishing herself to procure a train of followers , God , by his secret working , makes ...
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... hath sea room can make any wind serve , to set him forward in his voyage , so a wise man may take advantage from any company , to set himself forward in the course of virtue . Vice is subtle , and designing , for her own preferment ...
... hath sea room can make any wind serve , to set him forward in his voyage , so a wise man may take advantage from any company , to set himself forward in the course of virtue . Vice is subtle , and designing , for her own preferment ...
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... hath good and bad in his nature , either of which gain strength , as they meet with their like , or decline , as they find their opposite . When vice runs in a single stream , it is then a passable shallow ; but when many streams shall ...
... hath good and bad in his nature , either of which gain strength , as they meet with their like , or decline , as they find their opposite . When vice runs in a single stream , it is then a passable shallow ; but when many streams shall ...
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