Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 862
... thought always beautifully embodied . Indeed , truth and beauty govern Greek literature so absolutely that , old as ... thoughts of man ? They are the only oracles that are not decayed . " Nevertheless , the world has kept restlessly ...
... thought always beautifully embodied . Indeed , truth and beauty govern Greek literature so absolutely that , old as ... thoughts of man ? They are the only oracles that are not decayed . " Nevertheless , the world has kept restlessly ...
Page 870
... thought of it over the ocean . " The corrective of colonialism is a manly self - respect , a wholesome self - reliance , a wish to stand firmly on our own feet , a resolve to survey life with our own eyes and not through any imported ...
... thought of it over the ocean . " The corrective of colonialism is a manly self - respect , a wholesome self - reliance , a wish to stand firmly on our own feet , a resolve to survey life with our own eyes and not through any imported ...
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... thought impertinent and indiscreet if I say that at times - rare times , it is true - I have seen this most ami- able gentleman manifest a little of that restive choler which sometimes flamed up in William the Testy - not long - lived ...
... thought impertinent and indiscreet if I say that at times - rare times , it is true - I have seen this most ami- able gentleman manifest a little of that restive choler which sometimes flamed up in William the Testy - not long - lived ...
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... thought , the germ of some new chapter , such as crept into his sketch - books . Did I intimate as much : " Ah , " he would say , " that is game for young- sters ; we old fellows are not nimble enough to give chase to sentiment . " He ...
... thought , the germ of some new chapter , such as crept into his sketch - books . Did I intimate as much : " Ah , " he would say , " that is game for young- sters ; we old fellows are not nimble enough to give chase to sentiment . " He ...
Page 879
... thought ; an elegant philosophy of indifference may pluck out the bowels from his books . But the fashion of his heart and of his abiding good - will toward men will last— will last while the hills last . And when you and I , sir , and ...
... thought ; an elegant philosophy of indifference may pluck out the bowels from his books . But the fashion of his heart and of his abiding good - will toward men will last— will last while the hills last . And when you and I , sir , and ...
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