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Page 279
He never indulges in a platitude . He has no “ thousand desert lines ” of
meaningless words , that one inclines to hurry over to find an oasis . He does not
write from the surface exhilaration of Madeira or a meerschaum , but from a deep
and ...
He never indulges in a platitude . He has no “ thousand desert lines ” of
meaningless words , that one inclines to hurry over to find an oasis . He does not
write from the surface exhilaration of Madeira or a meerschaum , but from a deep
and ...
Page 281
He never allows his head to get divorced from his heart , any more than he
admits of strength without beauty . He is never simply didactic , never
metaphysical , since he would then be dry and on ill terms with the affections of
his hearers ...
He never allows his head to get divorced from his heart , any more than he
admits of strength without beauty . He is never simply didactic , never
metaphysical , since he would then be dry and on ill terms with the affections of
his hearers ...
Page 327
It is matched by a lavishness of private expenditure such as we have never
before seen . The demand for luxuries was never greater ; the haunts of pleasure
and the places of amusement were never so full ; the rivalry of fashionable
display ...
It is matched by a lavishness of private expenditure such as we have never
before seen . The demand for luxuries was never greater ; the haunts of pleasure
and the places of amusement were never so full ; the rivalry of fashionable
display ...
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