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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... tion of intellectual forces that you can shadow forth the complexity of life and character . In humanity there is no such thing as a straight line or an unmixed colour . You see the flesh - colour on the cheek of a portrait the artist ...
... tion of intellectual forces that you can shadow forth the complexity of life and character . In humanity there is no such thing as a straight line or an unmixed colour . You see the flesh - colour on the cheek of a portrait the artist ...
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... tion , and the clearer revelation of God's favour . Yet , even in the Old Testament , if you listen to David's harp , you shall hear as many hearse - like airs as carols : and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in ...
... tion , and the clearer revelation of God's favour . Yet , even in the Old Testament , if you listen to David's harp , you shall hear as many hearse - like airs as carols : and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in ...
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... tion they do small hurt . For commonly they are not admitted but with examination , whether they be likely or no ? But in fearful natures they gain ground too fast . There is nothing makes a man suspect much , more than to know little ...
... tion they do small hurt . For commonly they are not admitted but with examination , whether they be likely or no ? But in fearful natures they gain ground too fast . There is nothing makes a man suspect much , more than to know little ...
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... tion ; in passion , for that putteth a man out of his precepts ; and in a new case or experiment , for there custom leaveth him . They are happy men , whose natures sort with their vocations ; otherwise they may say , " Multum incola ...
... tion ; in passion , for that putteth a man out of his precepts ; and in a new case or experiment , for there custom leaveth him . They are happy men , whose natures sort with their vocations ; otherwise they may say , " Multum incola ...
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... tion whether all the whipping in the world can make their parts , who are naturally sluggish , rise one minute before the hour nature hath appointed . ( 4. ) Those that are invincibly dull and negli- gent also . Correction may reform ...
... tion whether all the whipping in the world can make their parts , who are naturally sluggish , rise one minute before the hour nature hath appointed . ( 4. ) Those that are invincibly dull and negli- gent also . Correction may reform ...
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