Great Authors of All Ages: Being Selections from the Prose Works of Eminent Writers from the Time of Pericles to the Present DayLippincott, 1894 - 555 pages |
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... Knowledge , God's ...... 86 Fortune , Petrarch on .... 18 Knowledge , Love of ... 51 Fossils of the Old Red Sandstone .... 453 France , Critics and Moralists of 216 Labour , Division of ...... 220 Francis of Assisi ........ 20 Ladies ...
... Knowledge , God's ...... 86 Fortune , Petrarch on .... 18 Knowledge , Love of ... 51 Fossils of the Old Red Sandstone .... 453 France , Critics and Moralists of 216 Labour , Division of ...... 220 Francis of Assisi ........ 20 Ladies ...
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... knowledge , which all men covet from the impulse of nature , infinitely surpasses all the riches of the world ; in comparison with which precious stones are vile , silver is clay , and purified gold grains of sand ; in the splendour of ...
... knowledge , which all men covet from the impulse of nature , infinitely surpasses all the riches of the world ; in comparison with which precious stones are vile , silver is clay , and purified gold grains of sand ; in the splendour of ...
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... knowledge , but Fortune has denied you the leisure to acquire it : yet , whenever you could steal a moment from public affairs , you sought the conversation of wise men ; and I have remarked that your memory often served you instead of ...
... knowledge , but Fortune has denied you the leisure to acquire it : yet , whenever you could steal a moment from public affairs , you sought the conversation of wise men ; and I have remarked that your memory often served you instead of ...
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... knowledge of many valuable publications at a time when an acquaintance with the learned languages was confined to a few ecclesiastics . Ancient learn- ing had as yet made too little progress among us to encourage him to publish the ...
... knowledge of many valuable publications at a time when an acquaintance with the learned languages was confined to a few ecclesiastics . Ancient learn- ing had as yet made too little progress among us to encourage him to publish the ...
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... knowledge of pleas- ure ? And what did chiefly allure you unto it , seeing not many women , but very few men , have attained thereunto ? " [ Lady Jane was then in her 14th year . ] " I will tell you , " quoth she , " and tell you a ...
... knowledge of pleas- ure ? And what did chiefly allure you unto it , seeing not many women , but very few men , have attained thereunto ? " [ Lady Jane was then in her 14th year . ] " I will tell you , " quoth she , " and tell you a ...
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2d edit admiration affection ancient appear beauty born Bost called character Christ Christian church Cicero Clovernook death delight died discourse divine Don Quixote earth Edin Edinburgh Review England English English language Essays excellent eyes fear feel genius give glory hand happiness hath heart heaven History honour human ical imagination JAMES MACKINTOSH Julius C¿sar kind king knowledge labour language learning Lect less Letters light live LL.D Lond look Lord Lord Macaulay Macvey Napier mankind manner ment mind moral nature ness never noble observed opinion passion perfect person Petrarch Phila philosopher Phrenology Plato pleasure Poems poet poetry political prose reason religion Rome sense Sermons soul speak spirit style taste things thou thought tion translation truth unto Vathek Virgil virtue vols whole wisdom words writings