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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... common with Southey , Wordsworth , and Coleridge - in its early stages , an authentic angel rising with a new morning for the race upon its forehead ; and when disappointment came , and his friends sought refuge in the old order of ...
... common with Southey , Wordsworth , and Coleridge - in its early stages , an authentic angel rising with a new morning for the race upon its forehead ; and when disappointment came , and his friends sought refuge in the old order of ...
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... common people . Let that be left unto the Anabaptists and other furies . It was great blasphemy , when the devil said , " I will ascend , and be like the Highest ; " but it is greater blasphemy to per- sonate God , and bring Him in ...
... common people . Let that be left unto the Anabaptists and other furies . It was great blasphemy , when the devil said , " I will ascend , and be like the Highest ; " but it is greater blasphemy to per- sonate God , and bring Him in ...
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... common to beasts ; but memory , merit , and noble works , are proper to men : and surely a man shall see the noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men ; which have sought to express the images of their minds ...
... common to beasts ; but memory , merit , and noble works , are proper to men : and surely a man shall see the noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men ; which have sought to express the images of their minds ...
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... common verse , turneth a bald noddle , after she hath pre- sented her locks in front , * and no hold taken : or at least turneth the handle of the bottle first to be received , and after the belly , which is hard to clasp . There is ...
... common verse , turneth a bald noddle , after she hath pre- sented her locks in front , * and no hold taken : or at least turneth the handle of the bottle first to be received , and after the belly , which is hard to clasp . There is ...
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... common people , it is commonly false and nought ; and rather followeth vain persons than virtuous , for the common people understand not many excellent virtues : the lowest virtues draw praise from them : the middle virtues work in them ...
... common people , it is commonly false and nought ; and rather followeth vain persons than virtuous , for the common people understand not many excellent virtues : the lowest virtues draw praise from them : the middle virtues work in them ...
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