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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... passion there was in their minds much stronger than these , the desire of vengeance on their enemies . Regarding ... passions . The uncertain event they had already se- cured in hope ; what their eyes showed plainly must be done , they ...
... passion there was in their minds much stronger than these , the desire of vengeance on their enemies . Regarding ... passions . The uncertain event they had already se- cured in hope ; what their eyes showed plainly must be done , they ...
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... passions : Hope and Joy , the daughters of Prosperity Fear and Grief , the laughters of Adversity , who attack the soul and launch at it all their arrows . Rea- son commands in the citadel to repulse them : your penetration will easily ...
... passions : Hope and Joy , the daughters of Prosperity Fear and Grief , the laughters of Adversity , who attack the soul and launch at it all their arrows . Rea- son commands in the citadel to repulse them : your penetration will easily ...
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... passion , determine . ' Tis not a month ago that I read over two Scotch authors con- tending upon this subject ; of which he who stands for the people makes kings to be in a worse condition than a carter ; and he who writes for monarchy ...
... passion , determine . ' Tis not a month ago that I read over two Scotch authors con- tending upon this subject ; of which he who stands for the people makes kings to be in a worse condition than a carter ; and he who writes for monarchy ...
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... passion . You must except , nevertheless , Marcus Antonius , the half partner of the empire of Rome , and Appius Claudius , the decemvir and law- giver ; whereof the former was indeed a vo- luptuous man , and inordinate ; but the latter ...
... passion . You must except , nevertheless , Marcus Antonius , the half partner of the empire of Rome , and Appius Claudius , the decemvir and law- giver ; whereof the former was indeed a vo- luptuous man , and inordinate ; but the latter ...
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... passion- ate words , he called his daughters then pres- ent to see if they could not spy some fault about their mother's dressing ; but they after search after search saying they could find none , he replied , " Do you not perceive that ...
... passion- ate words , he called his daughters then pres- ent to see if they could not spy some fault about their mother's dressing ; but they after search after search saying they could find none , he replied , " Do you not perceive that ...
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