The World of Man: Prose Passages, Chiefly from the Works of the Great Historians, Classical and EnglishThe University Press, 1933 - 313 páginas |
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... never washed his clothes , who never changed his tunic till it fell to pieces , who starved himself till his eyes grew dim , and his skin " like a pumice stone " . and whose merits , shown by these austerities , Homer himself would be ...
... never washed his clothes , who never changed his tunic till it fell to pieces , who starved himself till his eyes grew dim , and his skin " like a pumice stone " . and whose merits , shown by these austerities , Homer himself would be ...
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... never lain down , or eaten anything but a few uncooked herbs on Sunday . Of another famous saint , named John , it is asserted that for three whole years he stood in prayer , leaning upon a rock ; that during all that time he never sat ...
... never lain down , or eaten anything but a few uncooked herbs on Sunday . Of another famous saint , named John , it is asserted that for three whole years he stood in prayer , leaning upon a rock ; that during all that time he never sat ...
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... never lived " , because they never felt the pangs or ecstasies of partisanship , wander homeless on the skirts of Limbo , among the abortions and offscourings of creation . Even so there was no standing - ground in Italy out- side one ...
... never lived " , because they never felt the pangs or ecstasies of partisanship , wander homeless on the skirts of Limbo , among the abortions and offscourings of creation . Even so there was no standing - ground in Italy out- side one ...
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Praise of history | 3 |
Accident in history | 9 |
Sir Thomas Browne | 18 |
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