The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Extracts and Masterpieces from Their Writings, Comprising the Best Features of Many Celebrated Compilations, Notably the Guernsey Collection, the De Puy Collection, the Ridpath Collection, All Carefully Rev. and Arranged by a Corps of the Most Capable Scholars, 8. köideJohn Clark Ridpath Globe Publishing Company, 1899 |
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... mind ? Indifference , after all , may be , height instead of depth . Does not " A. B. " ( his mod- esty has given us no more than his initials ) write , as long ago as 1595 , in " The Noblenesse of the Asse ; a work rare , learned , and ...
... mind ? Indifference , after all , may be , height instead of depth . Does not " A. B. " ( his mod- esty has given us no more than his initials ) write , as long ago as 1595 , in " The Noblenesse of the Asse ; a work rare , learned , and ...
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... mind ! With new - born hosts the throne's dread precinct bind ! Disarmed , divided , conquerors o'er us stand ; Present the olive , but the sword in hand . And thou , O people , flushed with our defeat , To whom the mourning of our land ...
... mind ! With new - born hosts the throne's dread precinct bind ! Disarmed , divided , conquerors o'er us stand ; Present the olive , but the sword in hand . And thou , O people , flushed with our defeat , To whom the mourning of our land ...
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... mind such a plan , while in you , who are in Athens , and day by day contemplate the achievements of your ancestors in speeches and spectacles , such poorness of spirit could be bred , that willingly and of your own ac- cord you should ...
... mind such a plan , while in you , who are in Athens , and day by day contemplate the achievements of your ancestors in speeches and spectacles , such poorness of spirit could be bred , that willingly and of your own ac- cord you should ...
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... mind ; but as the daily trans- actions of life should be judged strictly , and according to the rules and practices of society , so should measures of State be considered with a view to the dignity of our ancestors ; and each of you ...
... mind ; but as the daily trans- actions of life should be judged strictly , and according to the rules and practices of society , so should measures of State be considered with a view to the dignity of our ancestors ; and each of you ...
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... mind and the course suited to his country's pre - eminence ; and on all occa- sions , and in all his actions , the spirit of patriotism . This belongs to our nature ; victory and might are under the dominion of another power . These ...
... mind and the course suited to his country's pre - eminence ; and on all occa- sions , and in all his actions , the spirit of patriotism . This belongs to our nature ; victory and might are under the dominion of another power . These ...
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