Life and Books: Or, Records of Thought and ReadingBell & Daldy, 1859 - 256 páginas |
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... called proud . You can call no man vain without insulting him . Another surely sufficient distinction is , that the former is one of the principal guardians of women , and the latter one of their most frequent betrayers . WE should ...
... called proud . You can call no man vain without insulting him . Another surely sufficient distinction is , that the former is one of the principal guardians of women , and the latter one of their most frequent betrayers . WE should ...
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... called cold - hearted even to have talked of moderating our love and yet one is scarcely less difficult than the other . WHERE politeness and affability are without real benevolence , they arise , not merely from the wish to be thought ...
... called cold - hearted even to have talked of moderating our love and yet one is scarcely less difficult than the other . WHERE politeness and affability are without real benevolence , they arise , not merely from the wish to be thought ...
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... called national progress . A little disputation or persecution , to keep religion awake and astir . It is the condition of a church to be ever under trials ; and there are but two trials , the one of persecution , the other of scandal ...
... called national progress . A little disputation or persecution , to keep religion awake and astir . It is the condition of a church to be ever under trials ; and there are but two trials , the one of persecution , the other of scandal ...
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... called mystical , trifling , or aimless . Their style is always direct , strong , and purpose- like ; there is no wilful playing either with thought , or with the language which is its vehicle . For want of this sheet - anchor , or ...
... called mystical , trifling , or aimless . Their style is always direct , strong , and purpose- like ; there is no wilful playing either with thought , or with the language which is its vehicle . For want of this sheet - anchor , or ...
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... called a general proposition . A SUBJECT put into some minds is like a herb put into cold water ; in some kinds of water it petri- fies , in some it putrifies . A mind which is merely fervid and busy may make , like boiling water , a ...
... called a general proposition . A SUBJECT put into some minds is like a herb put into cold water ; in some kinds of water it petri- fies , in some it putrifies . A mind which is merely fervid and busy may make , like boiling water , a ...
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