Table Talk: Or, Original Essays on Men and Manners, Volumen2H. Colburn, 1824 - 401 páginas |
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... true , is not so easy , because the objects are not so nigh at hand to compare , and therefore there is more room both for false pretension and for self - deceit . They take an epic motto or subject , and conclude that the spirit is ...
... true , is not so easy , because the objects are not so nigh at hand to compare , and therefore there is more room both for false pretension and for self - deceit . They take an epic motto or subject , and conclude that the spirit is ...
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... true prophetic inspiration of the characters . But in his Pagan allegories and fables he was quite at home . The native gravity and native levity of the Frenchman were combined with Italian scenery and an antique gusto , and gave even ...
... true prophetic inspiration of the characters . But in his Pagan allegories and fables he was quite at home . The native gravity and native levity of the Frenchman were combined with Italian scenery and an antique gusto , and gave even ...
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... true , unassumed equality of greatness . He pays the full tribute of ad- miration for great acts atchieved , and suggests becoming occasion to deserve higher praise . That to Cromwell is a proof how completely our poet maintained the ...
... true , unassumed equality of greatness . He pays the full tribute of ad- miration for great acts atchieved , and suggests becoming occasion to deserve higher praise . That to Cromwell is a proof how completely our poet maintained the ...
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... true account , lest he returning chide ; Doth God exact day - labour , light denied , I fondly ask : But patience , to prevent That murmur , soon replies , God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts ; who best Bear his mild ...
... true account , lest he returning chide ; Doth God exact day - labour , light denied , I fondly ask : But patience , to prevent That murmur , soon replies , God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts ; who best Bear his mild ...
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... true significa- tion of that immense mass of territory and population , known by the name of China to us ? An inch of paste - board on a wooden globe , of no more account than a China orange ! Things near us are seen of the size of life ...
... true significa- tion of that immense mass of territory and population , known by the name of China to us ? An inch of paste - board on a wooden globe , of no more account than a China orange ! Things near us are seen of the size of life ...
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