The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary Portraits |
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What hope is there of this ? We are like those who have been to see some noble monument of art , who are content to admire without thinking of rivalling it ; or like guests after a feast , THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE . 61.
What hope is there of this ? We are like those who have been to see some noble monument of art , who are content to admire without thinking of rivalling it ; or like guests after a feast , THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE . 61.
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... and all the fine thinkers and masculine reasoners of that age — and Leibnitz's Pre - established Harmony reared its arch above his head , like the rainbow in the cloud , covenanting with the hopes of man -- and then he.
... and all the fine thinkers and masculine reasoners of that age — and Leibnitz's Pre - established Harmony reared its arch above his head , like the rainbow in the cloud , covenanting with the hopes of man -- and then he.
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covenanting with the hopes of man -- and then he fell plump , ten thousand fathoms down ( but his wings saved him harmless ) into the hortus siccus of Dissent , where he pared religion down to the standard of reason and stripped faith ...
covenanting with the hopes of man -- and then he fell plump , ten thousand fathoms down ( but his wings saved him harmless ) into the hortus siccus of Dissent , where he pared religion down to the standard of reason and stripped faith ...
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What is become of all this mighty heap of hope , of thought , of learning , and humanity ? It has ended in swallowing doses of oblivion and in writing paragraphs in the Courier . - Such , and so little is the mind of man !
What is become of all this mighty heap of hope , of thought , of learning , and humanity ? It has ended in swallowing doses of oblivion and in writing paragraphs in the Courier . - Such , and so little is the mind of man !
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... and with a large estate , the “ saints , ” and the population of Yorkshire to swell his influence , never venturing on the forlorn hope , or doing any thing more than “ hitting the house between wind and water .
... and with a large estate , the “ saints , ” and the population of Yorkshire to swell his influence , never venturing on the forlorn hope , or doing any thing more than “ hitting the house between wind and water .
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