Essays and Other WritingsWalter Scott, 1895 - 271 pages |
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Page 139
... sense at the bottom of most marriages . But the good nature must have the counsel of the good spirit or Intelligence . If common sense had been consulted , how many marriages would never have taken place ; if uncommon or divine sense ...
... sense at the bottom of most marriages . But the good nature must have the counsel of the good spirit or Intelligence . If common sense had been consulted , how many marriages would never have taken place ; if uncommon or divine sense ...
Page 174
... senses , and in one narrower sense it is not so convenient . Yet what were history if he did not exaggerate it ? How comes it that history never has to wait for facts , but for a man to write it ? The ages may go on forgetting the facts ...
... senses , and in one narrower sense it is not so convenient . Yet what were history if he did not exaggerate it ? How comes it that history never has to wait for facts , but for a man to write it ? The ages may go on forgetting the facts ...
Page 210
... sense of duty ever puts the lesser duty above the greater . No man has the desire and the ability to work on high ... sense ; so unprofitably , it seems to me , in a more important sense . I have earned just a dollar a day for seventy ...
... sense of duty ever puts the lesser duty above the greater . No man has the desire and the ability to work on high ... sense ; so unprofitably , it seems to me , in a more important sense . I have earned just a dollar a day for seventy ...
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