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There are people , ” said a writer in the Saturday Review , “ whose appreciation
of a truth seems to depend upon its capability of being neatly rounded off and
closely packed in a convenient formula ; ” and there are also people whose ...
There are people , ” said a writer in the Saturday Review , “ whose appreciation
of a truth seems to depend upon its capability of being neatly rounded off and
closely packed in a convenient formula ; ” and there are also people whose ...
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Judging a man by his friends seems to me absurd , for our friends are often
thrown at us by circumstances , so all we can do is to make the best of themand a
very poor best it often is . But a man chooses his own books , and if anything
about ...
Judging a man by his friends seems to me absurd , for our friends are often
thrown at us by circumstances , so all we can do is to make the best of themand a
very poor best it often is . But a man chooses his own books , and if anything
about ...
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I thought as much , ” he said , “ for the other books did not seem to harmonise
with it . ... seems to favour the theory , as its triumphant hero is a blaspheming
infidel ; but our most eminent literary historian has discovered it to be a defence
of ...
I thought as much , ” he said , “ for the other books did not seem to harmonise
with it . ... seems to favour the theory , as its triumphant hero is a blaspheming
infidel ; but our most eminent literary historian has discovered it to be a defence
of ...
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So you have actually a copy of George MacDonald ' s ' Phantastes ' ; I have never
seen it on any bookshelf but my own , and I can ' t imagine how it is that so few
people know anything about it . It seems to me to be quite unequalled in its way ...
So you have actually a copy of George MacDonald ' s ' Phantastes ' ; I have never
seen it on any bookshelf but my own , and I can ' t imagine how it is that so few
people know anything about it . It seems to me to be quite unequalled in its way ...
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I think it is always humbling to see a true friend ' s ideal of ourselves plainly set
before us ; for it seems so often belied by the lower reality which we know so well
. And yet , after all , it is sometimes helpful to see a transfigured portrait of ...
I think it is always humbling to see a true friend ' s ideal of ourselves plainly set
before us ; for it seems so often belied by the lower reality which we know so well
. And yet , after all , it is sometimes helpful to see a transfigured portrait of ...
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| Назва | The Pelican papers |
| Автор | James Ashcroft Noble |
| Видання | 2 |
| Опубліковано | 1873 |
| Оригінал із | Оксфордський університет |
| Оцифровано | 31 лип. 2006 |
| Обсяг | 222 стор. |
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