Table Talk: Or, Original Essays on Men and Manners, Svazek 1H. Colburn, 1824 - Počet stran: 401 |
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... mind is calm , and full at the same time . The hand and eye are equally employed . In tracing the commonest object , a plant or the stump of a tree , you learn some- thing every moment . You perceive unexpected differences , and ...
... mind is calm , and full at the same time . The hand and eye are equally employed . In tracing the commonest object , a plant or the stump of a tree , you learn some- thing every moment . You perceive unexpected differences , and ...
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... mind , are mere idle sounds , except that our vanity claims an interest and property in them . I have more satisfaction in my own thoughts than in dictating them to others : words are necessary to explain the impression of certain ...
... mind , are mere idle sounds , except that our vanity claims an interest and property in them . I have more satisfaction in my own thoughts than in dictating them to others : words are necessary to explain the impression of certain ...
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... mind ; " and derive neither force nor interest from being exposed to public view . They are old familiar acquaintance , and any change in them , arising from the adventitious ornaments of style or dress , is little to their advantage ...
... mind ; " and derive neither force nor interest from being exposed to public view . They are old familiar acquaintance , and any change in them , arising from the adventitious ornaments of style or dress , is little to their advantage ...
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... mind . The humblest painter is a true scholar ; and the best * It is at present covered with a thick slough of oil and varnish ( the perishable vehicle of the English school ) like an envelope of gold - beaters ' skin , so as to be ...
... mind . The humblest painter is a true scholar ; and the best * It is at present covered with a thick slough of oil and varnish ( the perishable vehicle of the English school ) like an envelope of gold - beaters ' skin , so as to be ...
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... mind , painting exercises the body . It is a mechanical as well as a liberal art . To do any thing , to dig a hole in the ground , to plant a cabbage , to hit a mark , to move a shuttle , to work a pattern , -in a word , to attempt to ...
... mind , painting exercises the body . It is a mechanical as well as a liberal art . To do any thing , to dig a hole in the ground , to plant a cabbage , to hit a mark , to move a shuttle , to work a pattern , -in a word , to attempt to ...
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