Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesGibbings, 1894 - 1104 páginas |
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... idea long ante- dated him . Thus , in Perlin's " Description des Royaulmes d'Angleterre et d'Ecosse " ( 1558 ) : " One may say of the English that in war they are not strong , and in peace they are not faithful . As the 32 HANDY BOOK OF.
... idea long ante- dated him . Thus , in Perlin's " Description des Royaulmes d'Angleterre et d'Ecosse " ( 1558 ) : " One may say of the English that in war they are not strong , and in peace they are not faithful . As the 32 HANDY BOOK OF.
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... idea of long - drawn effort . Almost as good is Young's But the black blast blows hard . The following , from Alfred Austin's " Season , " is less known , but is well worth quoting : Be dumb , ye dawdlers , whilst his spells confound ...
... idea of long - drawn effort . Almost as good is Young's But the black blast blows hard . The following , from Alfred Austin's " Season , " is less known , but is well worth quoting : Be dumb , ye dawdlers , whilst his spells confound ...
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... idea to honor and advantage . Among these few Sir Walter Scott cannot be numbered . In his " Life of Napoleon " he compares the great Emperor to " the adventurous climber on the Alps , to whom the surmounting the most dangerous ...
... idea to honor and advantage . Among these few Sir Walter Scott cannot be numbered . In his " Life of Napoleon " he compares the great Emperor to " the adventurous climber on the Alps , to whom the surmounting the most dangerous ...
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... idea readily lends itself to satire and caricature . In a review of this very poem ( Atlantic , xxxiv . 102 ) , Mr. Howells neatly enough characterizes it as " the idea that we are to realize our inborn longing for immortality in the ...
... idea readily lends itself to satire and caricature . In a review of this very poem ( Atlantic , xxxiv . 102 ) , Mr. Howells neatly enough characterizes it as " the idea that we are to realize our inborn longing for immortality in the ...
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... idea is presented in a different form : " Every man is the son of his own works " ( Don Quixote , i . 4 ) . Here are some further variations : Men at some time are masters of their fates ; The fault , dear Brutus , is not in our stars ...
... idea is presented in a different form : " Every man is the son of his own works " ( Don Quixote , i . 4 ) . Here are some further variations : Men at some time are masters of their fates ; The fault , dear Brutus , is not in our stars ...
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