Great Essays of All Nations: Two Hundred and Twenty-nine Essays from All Periods and CountriesFrancis Henry Pritchard G. G. Harrap & Company Limited, 1919 - 1017 pages |
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... kind of investigation : but , even if it be not sent from heaven , but is acquired by means of virtue , and of some kind of teaching or exercise , it appears to be one of the most divine of things ; for the prize and end of virtue seems ...
... kind of investigation : but , even if it be not sent from heaven , but is acquired by means of virtue , and of some kind of teaching or exercise , it appears to be one of the most divine of things ; for the prize and end of virtue seems ...
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... kind of well - meaning person who is always doing and saying things that are no business of his . The Busybody is the kind of man who gets up and promises things he cannot do ; when something is settled and agreed upon he objects , and ...
... kind of well - meaning person who is always doing and saying things that are no business of his . The Busybody is the kind of man who gets up and promises things he cannot do ; when something is settled and agreed upon he objects , and ...
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... kind , and other noble men like Sir Philip Sidney , Selden , and how many others , have collected , praised , and admired them . From seeds of this kind the best lyric , dramatic , mythical , and epic poetry of the British has sprung ...
... kind , and other noble men like Sir Philip Sidney , Selden , and how many others , have collected , praised , and admired them . From seeds of this kind the best lyric , dramatic , mythical , and epic poetry of the British has sprung ...
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