The Spirit of the Age: Or Contemporary PortraitsOxford University Press, 1960 - 302 стор. |
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... passion , the victim of habit or necessity . To argue with strong passion , with inveterate habit , with desperate circumstances , is to talk to the winds . Clownish ignorance may indeed be dispelled , and taught better ; but it is ...
... passion , the victim of habit or necessity . To argue with strong passion , with inveterate habit , with desperate circumstances , is to talk to the winds . Clownish ignorance may indeed be dispelled , and taught better ; but it is ...
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... passion , he acquires and begets a temperance that may give it smoothness . ' He has the self - possession and masterly execution of an experienced player or fencer , and does not seem to express his natural convictions , or to be ...
... passion , he acquires and begets a temperance that may give it smoothness . ' He has the self - possession and masterly execution of an experienced player or fencer , and does not seem to express his natural convictions , or to be ...
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... passion sways us to the mood Of what it likes or loathes . ' All people are passionate in what concerns them- selves , or in what they take an interest in . The range of this last is different in different persons ; but the want of passion ...
... passion sways us to the mood Of what it likes or loathes . ' All people are passionate in what concerns them- selves , or in what they take an interest in . The range of this last is different in different persons ; but the want of passion ...
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