Modern Eloquence, Volume 4Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 47
... night to remain to the end in the ideas of the sages and prophets whom we have been following all along ; and let us suppose that in the present actual stage of the world , as in all the stages through which the world has passed ...
... night to remain to the end in the ideas of the sages and prophets whom we have been following all along ; and let us suppose that in the present actual stage of the world , as in all the stages through which the world has passed ...
Page 65
... night , and appearing o'er the orient hills , sips the dew- drops pendant from every leaf , the milkmaid goes afield chanting her matin song , " and so on , and so on . [ Ap- plause . ] Now I say that , rhetorically , the master's com ...
... night , and appearing o'er the orient hills , sips the dew- drops pendant from every leaf , the milkmaid goes afield chanting her matin song , " and so on , and so on . [ Ap- plause . ] Now I say that , rhetorically , the master's com ...
Page 74
... grandiose author of the " Night Thoughts , " is not to be wondered at ; though the inspira- tion of the youthful Burke , either as poet or critic , may 66 be questioned , when we find him rapturously scribbling in 74 AUGUSTINE BIRRELL.
... grandiose author of the " Night Thoughts , " is not to be wondered at ; though the inspira- tion of the youthful Burke , either as poet or critic , may 66 be questioned , when we find him rapturously scribbling in 74 AUGUSTINE BIRRELL.
Page 85
... Night " and " Dawn " at Florence . 66 99 All these things you know , else are you mighty self- denying of your pleasures . But it is just possible you may have forgotten the following extract from one of Burke's farming letters to ...
... Night " and " Dawn " at Florence . 66 99 All these things you know , else are you mighty self- denying of your pleasures . But it is just possible you may have forgotten the following extract from one of Burke's farming letters to ...
Page 93
... night to devour ; for did he not deny with warmth Gibbon's statement that he had read all five vol- umes of " Evelina " in a day ? " The thing is impossible , " cried Burke ; " they took me three days , doing nothing else . " Now ...
... night to devour ; for did he not deny with warmth Gibbon's statement that he had read all five vol- umes of " Evelina " in a day ? " The thing is impossible , " cried Burke ; " they took me three days , doing nothing else . " Now ...
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