Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volúmenes1-2D. Appleton and Company, 1896 |
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... philosophy , abun- dance of just classification and subtle analysis , abundance of wit and eloquence , abundance of verses , and even of good ones - but little poetry . Men will judge and compare ; but they will not create . They will ...
... philosophy , abun- dance of just classification and subtle analysis , abundance of wit and eloquence , abundance of verses , and even of good ones - but little poetry . Men will judge and compare ; but they will not create . They will ...
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... philosophy of history is to be learnt . And he who ap- proaches this subject should carefully guard against the in- duence of that potent ridicule , which has already misled so many excellent writers . " Ecco il fonte del riso , ed ecco ...
... philosophy of history is to be learnt . And he who ap- proaches this subject should carefully guard against the in- duence of that potent ridicule , which has already misled so many excellent writers . " Ecco il fonte del riso , ed ecco ...
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... philosophy , in painting , in architecture , in sculp- ture , they had no rivals . Their manners were polished , their perceptions acute , their invention ready ; they were tolerant , affable , humane . But of courage and sincerity they ...
... philosophy , in painting , in architecture , in sculp- ture , they had no rivals . Their manners were polished , their perceptions acute , their invention ready ; they were tolerant , affable , humane . But of courage and sincerity they ...
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... philosophy of history . In the present instance , the lot has fallen on Machiavelli : a man whose public conduct was upright and honourable , whose views of morality , where they differed from those of the persons around him , seem to ...
... philosophy of history . In the present instance , the lot has fallen on Machiavelli : a man whose public conduct was upright and honourable , whose views of morality , where they differed from those of the persons around him , seem to ...
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... philosophy , than as a work of imagination , that he values the Æneid . The most trivial passages he regards as ora- cles of the highest authority and of the most recondite meaning . He describes his conductor as the sea of all wisdom ...
... philosophy , than as a work of imagination , that he values the Æneid . The most trivial passages he regards as ora- cles of the highest authority and of the most recondite meaning . He describes his conductor as the sea of all wisdom ...
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