A Thousand and One Gems of English ProseG. Routledge, 1872 - 534 pages |
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... able to discover omissions , and to suggest the pieces for which he would have pre- ferred to find a place . This is the inevitable fate of all selections , and must continue to be so as long as men's tastes differ , and their literary ...
... able to discover omissions , and to suggest the pieces for which he would have pre- ferred to find a place . This is the inevitable fate of all selections , and must continue to be so as long as men's tastes differ , and their literary ...
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... able to give a man counsel ( they indeed are best ) , but even without that a man learneth of him- self , and bringeth his own thoughts to light , and whetteth his wits as against a stone , which itself cuts not . In a word , a man were ...
... able to give a man counsel ( they indeed are best ) , but even without that a man learneth of him- self , and bringeth his own thoughts to light , and whetteth his wits as against a stone , which itself cuts not . In a word , a man were ...
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... able to hold all arguments , than of judgment , in discerning what is true ; as if it were a praise to know what might be said , and not what should be thought . Some have certain common places and themes , where- in they are good and ...
... able to hold all arguments , than of judgment , in discerning what is true ; as if it were a praise to know what might be said , and not what should be thought . Some have certain common places and themes , where- in they are good and ...
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... able knowledge , even of things on earth ; but contrarily , that it will be inconceiv- ably increased . - The Saint's Rest . m quainted with my ignorance . I had a great delight in the daily new discoveries which I made , and of the ...
... able knowledge , even of things on earth ; but contrarily , that it will be inconceiv- ably increased . - The Saint's Rest . m quainted with my ignorance . I had a great delight in the daily new discoveries which I made , and of the ...
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... able to daunt the courage of a man , much less a well - resolved Christian . And therefore am not angry at the error of our first parents , or unwill- ing to bear a part of this common fate , and like the best of them to die , that is ...
... able to daunt the courage of a man , much less a well - resolved Christian . And therefore am not angry at the error of our first parents , or unwill- ing to bear a part of this common fate , and like the best of them to die , that is ...
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