Life and Books: Or, Records of Thought and ReadingBell & Daldy, 1859 - 256 páginas |
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... be , actuated by a fearless love of fairness and justice , without any real severity , except in the words of Dry- den : In censuring those who censure all besides . Short as the book is , it is longer than X PREFACE .
... be , actuated by a fearless love of fairness and justice , without any real severity , except in the words of Dry- den : In censuring those who censure all besides . Short as the book is , it is longer than X PREFACE .
Página xi
... short in duration , and uncertain in direction . I hope I may not resemble it in another point , that of having foes in both elements - the lower and the upper - in fact , more adversaries than admirers . * * I have always hitherto been ...
... short in duration , and uncertain in direction . I hope I may not resemble it in another point , that of having foes in both elements - the lower and the upper - in fact , more adversaries than admirers . * * I have always hitherto been ...
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... short intervals . THE lawyer is always a gainer by the continuance of your litigation ; the doctor may be tempted to pro- tract your disease : but the good parish priest has no immediate personal interest , except in the quickness of ...
... short intervals . THE lawyer is always a gainer by the continuance of your litigation ; the doctor may be tempted to pro- tract your disease : but the good parish priest has no immediate personal interest , except in the quickness of ...
Página 62
... short of the Romans in the article of " outrage made easy . " It is only right to add that the cheap- ness of the amusement was owing to the gradual de- preciation of the Roman as - and Roman character . 62 LIFE AND BOOKS .
... short of the Romans in the article of " outrage made easy . " It is only right to add that the cheap- ness of the amusement was owing to the gradual de- preciation of the Roman as - and Roman character . 62 LIFE AND BOOKS .
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... short problem , and contrived tables by which any one , without knowing a word of grammar or sense , may , to his great comfort , be able to compose or rather to erect Latin verses , & c . I think the only improve- ment beyond this ...
... short problem , and contrived tables by which any one , without knowing a word of grammar or sense , may , to his great comfort , be able to compose or rather to erect Latin verses , & c . I think the only improve- ment beyond this ...
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