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and I know each other pretty well ; but how absurd my impressions of you , and
yours of me , would seem if we could only for one minute look out of undeceiving
eyes , and see each other truly for once . It is a half - ludicrous , half - terrible ...
and I know each other pretty well ; but how absurd my impressions of you , and
yours of me , would seem if we could only for one minute look out of undeceiving
eyes , and see each other truly for once . It is a half - ludicrous , half - terrible ...
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I can think of no better illustration of the man who is a gentleman and the man
who is not , than the difference between a race - horse and a cart - horse . The
race - horse is pleasanter to look at ; but the cart - horse may be the more
estimable ...
I can think of no better illustration of the man who is a gentleman and the man
who is not , than the difference between a race - horse and a cart - horse . The
race - horse is pleasanter to look at ; but the cart - horse may be the more
estimable ...
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Ideas were to him the only existences ; the visions of other people were his
realities . Arthur Warriner was one of those transcendentalists who , as Emerson
says , when they look at events see them as spirits . “ The outward shows of sky
and ...
Ideas were to him the only existences ; the visions of other people were his
realities . Arthur Warriner was one of those transcendentalists who , as Emerson
says , when they look at events see them as spirits . “ The outward shows of sky
and ...
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In Pelican ' s own words , written not of himself , but of one whom he loved , “
These were his friends , and these his foes , – These after , those before him , ran
; Look first on these and then on those , And then — why then you know the man .
In Pelican ' s own words , written not of himself , but of one whom he loved , “
These were his friends , and these his foes , – These after , those before him , ran
; Look first on these and then on those , And then — why then you know the man .
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This , I soon found , was a question not to be settled without an amount of worry
and trouble to which I look back with horror . My friends , hitherto so united , split
up into noisy factions . Some recommended Malvern , the metropolis of the water
...
This , I soon found , was a question not to be settled without an amount of worry
and trouble to which I look back with horror . My friends , hitherto so united , split
up into noisy factions . Some recommended Malvern , the metropolis of the water
...
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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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