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is perhaps Lee's . The following passage almost certainly is his : * Preface to Fables . Men are always inclined to revenge themselves on their old idols in the first enthusiasm of conversion to a purer faith . Cowley had all the faults ...
is perhaps Lee's . The following passage almost certainly is his : * Preface to Fables . Men are always inclined to revenge themselves on their old idols in the first enthusiasm of conversion to a purer faith . Cowley had all the faults ...
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Perhaps , she had come from more genial climes ; perhaps birds had carolled , and flowers had smiled , upon her happy childhood , and now she must pass her dreary life , speechless and motionless , as if charmed by an enchanter's spell ...
Perhaps , she had come from more genial climes ; perhaps birds had carolled , and flowers had smiled , upon her happy childhood , and now she must pass her dreary life , speechless and motionless , as if charmed by an enchanter's spell ...
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So long as the high authorities of science agree no better than this in regard to the meaning of their own discoveries , the public at large must be contented to wait with patience until something more decisive is learned ; and perhaps ...
So long as the high authorities of science agree no better than this in regard to the meaning of their own discoveries , the public at large must be contented to wait with patience until something more decisive is learned ; and perhaps ...
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LAURENCE Sterne | 1 |
METEORIC SHOWERS | 38 |
THE RELIGIOUS REFORM MOVEMENT IN ITALY | 51 |
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