Occasional Addresses, 1893-1916Macmillan, 1918 - 194 pages |
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... truth and beauty is always and everywhere the worthy goal of the best energies of the sons of men . In all ages and countries , under every condition of social and intellectual environment , those who have struggled , whether for the ...
... truth and beauty is always and everywhere the worthy goal of the best energies of the sons of men . In all ages and countries , under every condition of social and intellectual environment , those who have struggled , whether for the ...
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... truth of nature , and his belief is ( as he also avows ) that no reader after going through the Confessions will be able to declare himself a better man than their author . It is amazing , at first sight , that he can imagine that such ...
... truth of nature , and his belief is ( as he also avows ) that no reader after going through the Confessions will be able to declare himself a better man than their author . It is amazing , at first sight , that he can imagine that such ...
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... truth of his picture of himself.1 1 In 1846 , two months before his tragic death , Haydon opened an exhibition of his pictures at the Egyptian Hall . But Tom Thumb , the American dwarf , proved a greater attraction . On April 21 ...
... truth of his picture of himself.1 1 In 1846 , two months before his tragic death , Haydon opened an exhibition of his pictures at the Egyptian Hall . But Tom Thumb , the American dwarf , proved a greater attraction . On April 21 ...
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... truth , the picture which we carry about with us of some of the most illustrious men is created , not so much by the rounded and measured story of their lives , as by a single act or incident or sentence which stands out from the pages ...
... truth , the picture which we carry about with us of some of the most illustrious men is created , not so much by the rounded and measured story of their lives , as by a single act or incident or sentence which stands out from the pages ...
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... truth only . " The abiding interest of biography for each of us depends after all upon our estimate of the worth and reality of human life . Byron in one of his early letters - I quote from the new edition by which Mr. Prothero has laid ...
... truth only . " The abiding interest of biography for each of us depends after all upon our estimate of the worth and reality of human life . Byron in one of his early letters - I quote from the new edition by which Mr. Prothero has laid ...
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