Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 887
... person . It seemed as if God had called him suddenly into existence , that he might assist to save a world ! The penetrating eye of Washington soon perceived the manly spirit which animated his youthful bosom . By that ex- cellent judge ...
... person . It seemed as if God had called him suddenly into existence , that he might assist to save a world ! The penetrating eye of Washington soon perceived the manly spirit which animated his youthful bosom . By that ex- cellent judge ...
Page 894
... persons named in the story ; yet also you cannot fail to know , when you come to think of it , that the story has not been fully told ; nay scarce told at all , only a chance hint given , here and there . The palace and the camp were ...
... persons named in the story ; yet also you cannot fail to know , when you come to think of it , that the story has not been fully told ; nay scarce told at all , only a chance hint given , here and there . The palace and the camp were ...
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... persons , but be shared by gentle and simple , learned and unlearned , and be as a language that all can understand . It will not hinder any work that is necessary to the life of man at the best , but it will destroy all degra- ding ...
... persons , but be shared by gentle and simple , learned and unlearned , and be as a language that all can understand . It will not hinder any work that is necessary to the life of man at the best , but it will destroy all degra- ding ...
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... persons who pro- fess a different view of the matter , and even act upon it . Every now and then you will find a person of vigorous or fertile mind , who relies upon his own resources , despises all former authors , and gives the world ...
... persons who pro- fess a different view of the matter , and even act upon it . Every now and then you will find a person of vigorous or fertile mind , who relies upon his own resources , despises all former authors , and gives the world ...
Page 916
... person of large reading and scientific attainments ? what is grasp of mind but acquirement ? where shall philosophical repose be found , but in the consciousness and enjoyment of large intellectual possessions ? And yet this notion is ...
... person of large reading and scientific attainments ? what is grasp of mind but acquirement ? where shall philosophical repose be found , but in the consciousness and enjoyment of large intellectual possessions ? And yet this notion is ...
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