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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... thought too high and exaggerated if passed on any Grecians but them alone . The fatal period to which these gallant souls are now reduced is the surest evidence of their merit , -an evidence begun in their lives and com- pleted by their ...
... thought too high and exaggerated if passed on any Grecians but them alone . The fatal period to which these gallant souls are now reduced is the surest evidence of their merit , -an evidence begun in their lives and com- pleted by their ...
Page 12
... thought to equal , but to be somewhat in- ferior , to these . Envy will exert itself against a competitor whilst life remains ; but when death stops the competition , affec- tion will applaud without restraint . If , after this , it be ...
... thought to equal , but to be somewhat in- ferior , to these . Envy will exert itself against a competitor whilst life remains ; but when death stops the competition , affec- tion will applaud without restraint . If , after this , it be ...
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... thought ; at the same time that those things which you may possibly have overlooked in a common way of read- ing , cannot escape you in translating : and this method will open your understanding and improve your judgment . It may not be ...
... thought ; at the same time that those things which you may possibly have overlooked in a common way of read- ing , cannot escape you in translating : and this method will open your understanding and improve your judgment . It may not be ...
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... thought so absurdly well loved ; and therefore it was well said , " That of himself as the lover doth of the person it is impossible to love and to be wise . " Neither doth this weakness appear to others only , and not to the party ...
... thought so absurdly well loved ; and therefore it was well said , " That of himself as the lover doth of the person it is impossible to love and to be wise . " Neither doth this weakness appear to others only , and not to the party ...
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... thought not of them , neither hath the sun almost set upon my displeasure ; but I have been as a dove , free from superfluity of maliciousness . My creatures have been my books , but thy Scriptures much more . I have sought thee in the ...
... thought not of them , neither hath the sun almost set upon my displeasure ; but I have been as a dove , free from superfluity of maliciousness . My creatures have been my books , but thy Scriptures much more . I have sought thee in the ...
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