A Thousand and One Gems of English ProseG. Routledge, 1872 - 534 páginas |
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... genius inclines him with delight to his profession . He studieth his scholars ' natures as carefully as they their books ; and ranks their dispositions into several forms . And though it may seem difficult for him in a great school to ...
... genius inclines him with delight to his profession . He studieth his scholars ' natures as carefully as they their books ; and ranks their dispositions into several forms . And though it may seem difficult for him in a great school to ...
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... genius and turn in their ways of talking ; and one cannot think that all whose lot fell in the city were born with different parts from those who were bred at the university or inns of court . THE UNWELCOMENESS OF NEW TRUTHS . THE ...
... genius and turn in their ways of talking ; and one cannot think that all whose lot fell in the city were born with different parts from those who were bred at the university or inns of court . THE UNWELCOMENESS OF NEW TRUTHS . THE ...
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... genius , and that several had been entertained with music who had passed by it , but never heard that the musician had before made himself visible . When he had raised my thoughts by those transporting airs which he played , to taste ...
... genius , and that several had been entertained with music who had passed by it , but never heard that the musician had before made himself visible . When he had raised my thoughts by those transporting airs which he played , to taste ...
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... genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect , told me I had dwelt long enough upon it . " Take thine eyes off the bridge , " said he , " and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend . " Upon looking up ...
... genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect , told me I had dwelt long enough upon it . " Take thine eyes off the bridge , " said he , " and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend . " Upon looking up ...
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... genius as well in this as in all other circumstances of life . We daily see methods put in practice by hungry and ingenious men , which de- monstrate the power of invention in this particular . I shall conclude these instances with the ...
... genius as well in this as in all other circumstances of life . We daily see methods put in practice by hungry and ingenious men , which de- monstrate the power of invention in this particular . I shall conclude these instances with the ...
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