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... mind and style for past generations , and for our elders now upon the stage ; and we can wish for those entering active or literary life , access to no purer , or more copious , or more stimulating fountains of thought , sentiment , and ...
... mind and style for past generations , and for our elders now upon the stage ; and we can wish for those entering active or literary life , access to no purer , or more copious , or more stimulating fountains of thought , sentiment , and ...
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... mind was very scantily stored with materials , he used what materials he had in such a way as to produce a wonderful effect . There have been many greater writers ; but perhaps no writer was ever more 1 [ See Cunningham's edition of the ...
... mind was very scantily stored with materials , he used what materials he had in such a way as to produce a wonderful effect . There have been many greater writers ; but perhaps no writer was ever more 1 [ See Cunningham's edition of the ...
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... minds . While the fourth edition of the Traveller was on the counters of the booksellers , the Vicar of Wakefield appeared , and rapidly obtained a popu- larity which has lasted down to our own time , and which is likely to last as long ...
... minds . While the fourth edition of the Traveller was on the counters of the booksellers , the Vicar of Wakefield appeared , and rapidly obtained a popu- larity which has lasted down to our own time , and which is likely to last as long ...
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... Minds differ as rivers differ . There are transparent and sparkling rivers from which it is delightful to drink as they flow ; to such rivers , the minds of such men as Burke and Johnson may be com- pared . But there are rivers of which ...
... Minds differ as rivers differ . There are transparent and sparkling rivers from which it is delightful to drink as they flow ; to such rivers , the minds of such men as Burke and Johnson may be com- pared . But there are rivers of which ...
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... mind of Goldsmith . His first thoughts on every subject were confused even to absurdity , but they required only a little time to work themselves clear . When he wrote , they had that time ; and therefore his readers pronounced him a ...
... mind of Goldsmith . His first thoughts on every subject were confused even to absurdity , but they required only a little time to work themselves clear . When he wrote , they had that time ; and therefore his readers pronounced him a ...
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