Life and Books: Or, Records of Thought and ReadingBell & Daldy, 1859 - 256 páginas |
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... gree of which their nature is capable ; they are of good metal , and gain magnetic power only from friction with the loadstone ( Emerson ) . One or two men of genius are the principal stars , and minor 60 LIFE AND BOOKS .
... gree of which their nature is capable ; they are of good metal , and gain magnetic power only from friction with the loadstone ( Emerson ) . One or two men of genius are the principal stars , and minor 60 LIFE AND BOOKS .
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... gain time - a kind of process not uncom- mon with many writers and speakers , with rather an opposite effect as regards credit . * In early times men's characters , like their castles , were often built on the rude and undressed crag ...
... gain time - a kind of process not uncom- mon with many writers and speakers , with rather an opposite effect as regards credit . * In early times men's characters , like their castles , were often built on the rude and undressed crag ...
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... gain an unfair advantage , that those who practised for the duel did so covertly .號 So close is the connection between the physical and the mental , that it would be both natural and reasonable , à priori , to expect mental talent to ...
... gain an unfair advantage , that those who practised for the duel did so covertly .號 So close is the connection between the physical and the mental , that it would be both natural and reasonable , à priori , to expect mental talent to ...
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... gain have often been the most courage- ous : take , as examples , the Dutch , Scotch , and Swiss . But , to make their gain , adventure has been necessary , and there can be no adventure without courage ; and again , acquisition is ...
... gain have often been the most courage- ous : take , as examples , the Dutch , Scotch , and Swiss . But , to make their gain , adventure has been necessary , and there can be no adventure without courage ; and again , acquisition is ...
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... gain the sympathy of an intelligent audience , who are seldom smitten with the love of what is commonly called fine reading . THE Romish vow of religious celibacy is , no doubt , a vast evil , and , as Guizot has , I think , hinted , in ...
... gain the sympathy of an intelligent audience , who are seldom smitten with the love of what is commonly called fine reading . THE Romish vow of religious celibacy is , no doubt , a vast evil , and , as Guizot has , I think , hinted , in ...
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