The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great Essayists, from Lord Bacon to John Ruskin : with Introduction, Biographical Notices, and Critical NotesW.P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, 1887 |
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... object was to acquaint his countrymen with the great men whom Germany had recently pro- duced , and to interest them in the productions of German genius . His plans widened , however , as his way cleared ; and the eye which had looked ...
... object was to acquaint his countrymen with the great men whom Germany had recently pro- duced , and to interest them in the productions of German genius . His plans widened , however , as his way cleared ; and the eye which had looked ...
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... object and foretell difficulties : for when propositions are denied , there is an end of them ; but if they be allowed , it requireth a new work : which false point of wisdom is the bane of business . To conclude , there is no decaying ...
... object and foretell difficulties : for when propositions are denied , there is an end of them ; but if they be allowed , it requireth a new work : which false point of wisdom is the bane of business . To conclude , there is no decaying ...
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... object too much , consult too long , adventure too little , repent too soon , and seldom drive business home to the full period ; but con- tent themselves with a mediocrity of success . Certainly it is good to compound employments of ...
... object too much , consult too long , adventure too little , repent too soon , and seldom drive business home to the full period ; but con- tent themselves with a mediocrity of success . Certainly it is good to compound employments of ...
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... object ; but should abstain from all base pleasures , lest they should err from their end , and while they seek to better men's minds , destroy their manners . They both are born artificers , not made . Nature is more powerful in them ...
... object ; but should abstain from all base pleasures , lest they should err from their end , and while they seek to better men's minds , destroy their manners . They both are born artificers , not made . Nature is more powerful in them ...
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... object , ill company , let him pre- sently go from it . If by his own default , through ill diet , bad air , want of exercise , etc. , let him now begin to reform himself . " It would be a perfect remedy against all corruption , if ...
... object , ill company , let him pre- sently go from it . If by his own default , through ill diet , bad air , want of exercise , etc. , let him now begin to reform himself . " It would be a perfect remedy against all corruption , if ...
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