The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary Portraits, Том 2H. Colburn, 1825 - 408 стор. |
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... better than all those who have gone before us ? 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 ...
... better than all those who have gone before us ? 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 ...
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... better than vanity . It is hard to concen- trate all our attention and efforts on one pur- suit , except from ignorance of others ; and without this concentration of our faculties , no great progress can be made in any one thing . It is ...
... better than vanity . It is hard to concen- trate all our attention and efforts on one pur- suit , except from ignorance of others ; and without this concentration of our faculties , no great progress can be made in any one thing . It is ...
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... better how to ma- nage his immediate circle , to foil or bring them out . A professed orator , beginning to address some observations to Mr. Tooke with a volu- minous apology for his youth and inexpe- rience , he said , " Speak up ...
... better how to ma- nage his immediate circle , to foil or bring them out . A professed orator , beginning to address some observations to Mr. Tooke with a volu- minous apology for his youth and inexpe- rience , he said , " Speak up ...
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... better . There was no great question to move or carry 5 it was an affair of political sparring between himself and the other candidates . He took it in a very cool and leisurely manner watched his , competitors with a wary , sarcastic ...
... better . There was no great question to move or carry 5 it was an affair of political sparring between himself and the other candidates . He took it in a very cool and leisurely manner watched his , competitors with a wary , sarcastic ...
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... better qualified to aspire . Cross purposes , moot - points , pleas , demurrers , flaws in the in- dictment , double meanings , cases , inconsequen- tialities , these were the play - things , the dar- lings of Mr. Tooke's mind ; and ...
... better qualified to aspire . Cross purposes , moot - points , pleas , demurrers , flaws in the in- dictment , double meanings , cases , inconsequen- tialities , these were the play - things , the dar- lings of Mr. Tooke's mind ; and ...
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