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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... Political . » I OF IDLE BOOKS DLE books are the licensed follies of the age . Some are simple ; and these , though they render the author ridiculous , seldom hurt the reader more than by loss of time ; for , if he hath any sense , he ...
... Political . » I OF IDLE BOOKS DLE books are the licensed follies of the age . Some are simple ; and these , though they render the author ridiculous , seldom hurt the reader more than by loss of time ; for , if he hath any sense , he ...
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... Political . » THE OF VIOLENCE AND EAGERNESS HE too eager pursuit of a thing hinders enjoyment ; for it makes men take indirect ways , which , though they some- times prosper , are never blessed . The covetous man , being mad for riches ...
... Political . » THE OF VIOLENCE AND EAGERNESS HE too eager pursuit of a thing hinders enjoyment ; for it makes men take indirect ways , which , though they some- times prosper , are never blessed . The covetous man , being mad for riches ...
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... Political . » Iˆ THAT SUFFERANCE CAUSETH LOVE N NOBLE natures , I never found it fail that those , who suffered for them , they ever greatly loved . Nothing indeed attaches us more strongly to our friend than his having smarted for our ...
... Political . » Iˆ THAT SUFFERANCE CAUSETH LOVE N NOBLE natures , I never found it fail that those , who suffered for them , they ever greatly loved . Nothing indeed attaches us more strongly to our friend than his having smarted for our ...
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... Political . » WOR OF POETS AND POETRY ORDS are rather the drossy part of poetry ; imagination the life of it . The name which the Grecians gave to poets shows how much they honored their art ; they called them Makers . And if some of ...
... Political . » WOR OF POETS AND POETRY ORDS are rather the drossy part of poetry ; imagination the life of it . The name which the Grecians gave to poets shows how much they honored their art ; they called them Makers . And if some of ...
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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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