A Book of English Essays (1600-1900)Stanley Victor Makower, Basil H. Blackwell Oxford University Press, 1952 - 440 pages |
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Page 187
... face , which he used to present , he has of late become as shrivelled and shrunk as a frost - bitten apple . His scarlet gold - laced waistcoat , which bellied out so bravely in those prosperous days when he sailed before the wind , now ...
... face , which he used to present , he has of late become as shrivelled and shrunk as a frost - bitten apple . His scarlet gold - laced waistcoat , which bellied out so bravely in those prosperous days when he sailed before the wind , now ...
Page 383
... face and hands of the figure , set in its marble chair , in that cirque of fantastic rocks , as in some faint light under sea . Perhaps of all ancient pictures time has chilled it least . As often happens with works in which invention ...
... face and hands of the figure , set in its marble chair , in that cirque of fantastic rocks , as in some faint light under sea . Perhaps of all ancient pictures time has chilled it least . As often happens with works in which invention ...
Page 416
... face to face with me in an inspiriting achievement . A man may talk smoothly over a cigar in my club smoking - room from now to the Day of Judgement , without adding anything to mankind's treasury of illustrious and encouraging examples ...
... face to face with me in an inspiriting achievement . A man may talk smoothly over a cigar in my club smoking - room from now to the Day of Judgement , without adding anything to mankind's treasury of illustrious and encouraging examples ...
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SIR THOMAS OVERBURY 15811613 | 9 |
SIR THOMAS BROWNE 16051682 | 16 |
THOMAS FULLER 16081661 | 22 |
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