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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... matter had been vastly enlarged ; great actors had trod the boards ; great painters had painted ; the older poets had come into fashion ; outside nature had again reappeared in literature . The Essayist could weave an allegory , or ...
... matter had been vastly enlarged ; great actors had trod the boards ; great painters had painted ; the older poets had come into fashion ; outside nature had again reappeared in literature . The Essayist could weave an allegory , or ...
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... matter , and is at a stand to think what should BORN 1561 : DIED 1626. ] be in it , that men should love lies ; where neither they make for pleasure , as with poets ; nor for advantage , as with the merchant ; but for the lie's sake ...
... matter , and is at a stand to think what should BORN 1561 : DIED 1626. ] be in it , that men should love lies ; where neither they make for pleasure , as with poets ; nor for advantage , as with the merchant ; but for the lie's sake ...
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... matter , but following and party . Contrariwise , certain Lao- diceans , † and lukewarm persons , think they may accommodate points of religion by middle - ways , and taking part of both , and witty reconcile- ments ; as if they would ...
... matter , but following and party . Contrariwise , certain Lao- diceans , † and lukewarm persons , think they may accommodate points of religion by middle - ways , and taking part of both , and witty reconcile- ments ; as if they would ...
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... matter ; insomuch that we see a nephew sometimes resembleth an uncle , or a kinsman , more than his own parent ; as the blood happens . Let parents choose betimes the vocations and courses they mean their children should take : for then ...
... matter ; insomuch that we see a nephew sometimes resembleth an uncle , or a kinsman , more than his own parent ; as the blood happens . Let parents choose betimes the vocations and courses they mean their children should take : for then ...
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... matters cannot be , because all that ado may con- cern his own estate : therefore it must needs be , that he taketh a kind ... matter for envy . For envy is a gadding passion , and walketh the streets , and doth not keep home ; " Non est ...
... matters cannot be , because all that ado may con- cern his own estate : therefore it must needs be , that he taketh a kind ... matter for envy . For envy is a gadding passion , and walketh the streets , and doth not keep home ; " Non est ...
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