The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great Essayists, from Lord Bacon to John RuskinW.P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, 1887 - 536 páginas |
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... feel that the picture is the actual presentment of the man as he lived - a veritable portrait - we feel also that the writer has worked in no light or careless mood , that the poorest life is serious enough when seen against eternity ...
... feel that the picture is the actual presentment of the man as he lived - a veritable portrait - we feel also that the writer has worked in no light or careless mood , that the poorest life is serious enough when seen against eternity ...
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... feel it so , but only to abate the edge of envy . But this is to be understood of business that is laid upon men , and not such as they call unto themselves : for nothing in- creaseth envy more , than an unnecessary and ambitious ...
... feel it so , but only to abate the edge of envy . But this is to be understood of business that is laid upon men , and not such as they call unto themselves : for nothing in- creaseth envy more , than an unnecessary and ambitious ...
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... feel great riches : there is a custody of them ; or a power of dole and donative of them ; or a fame of them ; but no solid use to the owner . Do you not see what feigned prices are set upon little stones and rarities ? And what works ...
... feel great riches : there is a custody of them ; or a power of dole and donative of them ; or a fame of them ; but no solid use to the owner . Do you not see what feigned prices are set upon little stones and rarities ? And what works ...
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... feel pain , as a melancholy man not to fear , not to be sad : it is within his blood , his brains , his whole tempera- ture : it cannot be removed . But he may choose whether he will give way too far unto it ; he may in some sort ...
... feel pain , as a melancholy man not to fear , not to be sad : it is within his blood , his brains , his whole tempera- ture : it cannot be removed . But he may choose whether he will give way too far unto it ; he may in some sort ...
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... feel with torment that ' tis so . It is a deplorable condition this , and drives a man sometimes to pitiful shifts in seeking how to avoid himself . The truth of the matter is , that neither he who is a fop in the world , is a fit man ...
... feel with torment that ' tis so . It is a deplorable condition this , and drives a man sometimes to pitiful shifts in seeking how to avoid himself . The truth of the matter is , that neither he who is a fop in the world , is a fit man ...
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admiration affection appear atheism Augustus Cæsar beauty Ben Jonson better called cern character Coleridge common creature death delight divine doth Dr Johnson dream earth England eyes fancy fear feel fortune genius give hand happy hath heart heaven honour hour human humour imagination Julius Cæsar kind king knowledge labour lady learning less live look Lord Lord Byron man's mankind manner marriage matter ment Milton mind nature ness never night object observed opinion pain Paradise Lost pass passion perhaps person Pilgrim's Progress pleasure Plutarch poem poet poetry Quakers reason Roger de Coverley Scotland seems sense Shakespeare Sir Roger soul speak spirit Stesichorus taste Tatler tell thee things thou thought tion true truth Virgil virtue walk whole wise woman words write young