The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great Essayists, from Lord Bacon to John Ruskin : with Introduction, Biographical Notices, and Critical NotesW.P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, 1887 |
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... able to tell them what things are worthy to be seen in the country where they go , what acquaintances they are to seek , what exer- cises or discipline the place yieldeth . For else young men shall go hooded , and look abroad little ...
... able to tell them what things are worthy to be seen in the country where they go , what acquaintances they are to seek , what exer- cises or discipline the place yieldeth . For else young men shall go hooded , and look abroad little ...
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... able to examine or debate matters . And yet commonly they take advantage of their inability , and would be thought wits of direction . Some build rather upon the abusing of others , and , as we now say , putting tricks upon them , than ...
... able to examine or debate matters . And yet commonly they take advantage of their inability , and would be thought wits of direction . Some build rather upon the abusing of others , and , as we now say , putting tricks upon them , than ...
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... able to hold all argu- ments , than of judgment in discerning what is true ; as if it were a praise to know what might be said , and not what should be thought . Some have certain commonplaces and themes , wherein they are good , and ...
... able to hold all argu- ments , than of judgment in discerning what is true ; as if it were a praise to know what might be said , and not what should be thought . Some have certain commonplaces and themes , wherein they are good , and ...
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... able man . Fortune is to be honoured and respected , and it be but for our daughters , Confidence and Reputation . For these two felicity breedeth : the first within a man's self ; the latter in others towards him . All wise men , to ...
... able man . Fortune is to be honoured and respected , and it be but for our daughters , Confidence and Reputation . For these two felicity breedeth : the first within a man's self ; the latter in others towards him . All wise men , to ...
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... able to admit the scar . No more would I tell a green writer all his faults , lest I should make him grieve and faint , and at last despair . For nothing doth more hurt than to make him so afraid of all things , as he can endeavour ...
... able to admit the scar . No more would I tell a green writer all his faults , lest I should make him grieve and faint , and at last despair . For nothing doth more hurt than to make him so afraid of all things , as he can endeavour ...
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