Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 878
... sense was active but not dominant , and his humor in its first lusty wantonness went careering through . the files of the old magnates , like a boy at play ; and the memory of the play abode with him , and had its keen awakenings all ...
... sense was active but not dominant , and his humor in its first lusty wantonness went careering through . the files of the old magnates , like a boy at play ; and the memory of the play abode with him , and had its keen awakenings all ...
Page 888
... sense of the American people ; and , above all , we trusted in the protecting provi- dence of the Almighty . On this important subject he never concealed his opinion . He disdained con- cealment . Knowing the purity of his heart , he ...
... sense of the American people ; and , above all , we trusted in the protecting provi- dence of the Almighty . On this important subject he never concealed his opinion . He disdained con- cealment . Knowing the purity of his heart , he ...
Page 893
... sense of the great change which has befallen the arts in modern times has come home to most , or indeed to many , of you ; a change which has only culmi- nated in quite recent times within the lives of many of you present . It may seem ...
... sense of the great change which has befallen the arts in modern times has come home to most , or indeed to many , of you ; a change which has only culmi- nated in quite recent times within the lives of many of you present . It may seem ...
Page 912
... sense , is but one of its circumstances , deno- ting a possession or a habit ; and science has been appro- priated to the subject - matter of the intellect , instead of belonging in English , as it ought to do , to the intellect itself ...
... sense , is but one of its circumstances , deno- ting a possession or a habit ; and science has been appro- priated to the subject - matter of the intellect , instead of belonging in English , as it ought to do , to the intellect itself ...
Page 914
... sense of the word , living rather upon his neighbors all around him . He has opinions , religious , political and literary , and , for a boy , is very positive in them and sure about them ; but he gets them from his schoolfellows , or ...
... sense of the word , living rather upon his neighbors all around him . He has opinions , religious , political and literary , and , for a boy , is very positive in them and sure about them ; but he gets them from his schoolfellows , or ...
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