Great Authors of All Ages: Being Selections from the Prose Works of Eminent Writers from the Time of Pericles to the Present DayJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1880 - 547 pages |
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... perhaps the varia- tion of the times requires it very much . Piero Soderino ( whom I have mentioned before ) proceeded with great gentleness and humanity in all his actions ; and he and his country prospered whilst the times were ...
... perhaps the varia- tion of the times requires it very much . Piero Soderino ( whom I have mentioned before ) proceeded with great gentleness and humanity in all his actions ; and he and his country prospered whilst the times were ...
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... perhaps ever uttered at such a time , the lips most famous through Europe for eloquence and wisdom closed forever . " - FROUDE : History of Europe , ii . , chap . ix . THE UTOPIAN IDEA OF PLEASURE ; FROM BISHOP BURNET'S TRANSLATION OF ...
... perhaps ever uttered at such a time , the lips most famous through Europe for eloquence and wisdom closed forever . " - FROUDE : History of Europe , ii . , chap . ix . THE UTOPIAN IDEA OF PLEASURE ; FROM BISHOP BURNET'S TRANSLATION OF ...
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... perhaps than that of any other single book we could name . Several of his critics have suffered their indignation against the con- fusion of the whole book ' to carry them a great way further than was necessary ; for , indeed , it is ...
... perhaps than that of any other single book we could name . Several of his critics have suffered their indignation against the con- fusion of the whole book ' to carry them a great way further than was necessary ; for , indeed , it is ...
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... in the royalty , and leave them nothing to recommend themselves withal , but actions that directly concern themselves , and that merely respect the function of their place . talk as much as I used to do , perhaps MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE . 31.
... in the royalty , and leave them nothing to recommend themselves withal , but actions that directly concern themselves , and that merely respect the function of their place . talk as much as I used to do , perhaps MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE . 31.
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... perhaps the first of such in England who adorned his prose with the images of poetry ; but this he has done more judiciously and with more moderation than others of great name ; and we must be bigot in Attic severity before we can ...
... perhaps the first of such in England who adorned his prose with the images of poetry ; but this he has done more judiciously and with more moderation than others of great name ; and we must be bigot in Attic severity before we can ...
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