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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... human life over before us . It is the best and most natural course of study . • · It inquires what human life is and has been , to show what it ought to be . " -WILLIAM HAZLITT . PREFACEЕ . SOME of the most valuable and permanent ...
... human life over before us . It is the best and most natural course of study . • · It inquires what human life is and has been , to show what it ought to be . " -WILLIAM HAZLITT . PREFACEЕ . SOME of the most valuable and permanent ...
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... human life the most distinguished and refined ? " - Burke in speech on the Impeachment of Warren Hastings . " In Bacon's Essays the superiority of his genius appears to the greatest advantage ; the novelty and depth of his reflections ...
... human life the most distinguished and refined ? " - Burke in speech on the Impeachment of Warren Hastings . " In Bacon's Essays the superiority of his genius appears to the greatest advantage ; the novelty and depth of his reflections ...
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... human society . There be two swords amongst Christians , the spiritual and temporal ; and both have their due office and place in the maintenance of religion . But we may not take up the third sword , which is Mahomet's sword , or like ...
... human society . There be two swords amongst Christians , the spiritual and temporal ; and both have their due office and place in the maintenance of religion . But we may not take up the third sword , which is Mahomet's sword , or like ...
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... human nature , and yet they are the fittest timber to make great politics of ; like to knee - timber , that is good ... humanity , as it is used , is a little too light to express it . Good- ness I call the habit , and goodness of nature ...
... human nature , and yet they are the fittest timber to make great politics of ; like to knee - timber , that is good ... humanity , as it is used , is a little too light to express it . Good- ness I call the habit , and goodness of nature ...
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... human nature in itself could not obtain ; therefore , as atheism is in all respects hateful , so in this , that it depriveth human nature of the means to exalt itself above human frailty . As it is in particular persons , so it is in ...
... human nature in itself could not obtain ; therefore , as atheism is in all respects hateful , so in this , that it depriveth human nature of the means to exalt itself above human frailty . As it is in particular persons , so it is in ...
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