A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors, Including Translations from Ancient SourcesAnna Lydia Ward T. Y. Crowell, 1889 - Počet stran: 701 |
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... Character of Men of Genius . Ch . 15 . Activity is contagious . 31 Emerson : Representative Men . Uses of Great Men . Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful senti- ments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action ...
... Character of Men of Genius . Ch . 15 . Activity is contagious . 31 Emerson : Representative Men . Uses of Great Men . Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful senti- ments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action ...
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... Character . Pt . ii . Sec . iii . Dresden . Sketch of Fanny Kemble . Oh , there be players that I have seen play , and heard others praise , and that highly , not to speak it profanely , that neither having the accent of Christians ...
... Character . Pt . ii . Sec . iii . Dresden . Sketch of Fanny Kemble . Oh , there be players that I have seen play , and heard others praise , and that highly , not to speak it profanely , that neither having the accent of Christians ...
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... character and noblest genius there generally exists insatiable desire of honor , command , power , and glory . 97 Cicero : Offices . Bk . I. 8 . Ambition is in fact the avarice of power , and happiness herself is soon sacrificed to that ...
... character and noblest genius there generally exists insatiable desire of honor , command , power , and glory . 97 Cicero : Offices . Bk . I. 8 . Ambition is in fact the avarice of power , and happiness herself is soon sacrificed to that ...
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... Character of Men of Genius . Literary Miscellanies . On Reading . Authors stand between the governors and the governed , and form the single organ of both . Those who govern a nation cannot at the same time enlighten the people , for ...
... Character of Men of Genius . Literary Miscellanies . On Reading . Authors stand between the governors and the governed , and form the single organ of both . Those who govern a nation cannot at the same time enlighten the people , for ...
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... character , he deserved to have his merits handsomely allowed . 326 Johnson : Boswell's Life of Johnson . 1781 . ( Routledge edition , Vol . iv . Ch . 4. ) My reputation as an author is at the mercy of the reader , who lies under no ...
... character , he deserved to have his merits handsomely allowed . 326 Johnson : Boswell's Life of Johnson . 1781 . ( Routledge edition , Vol . iv . Ch . 4. ) My reputation as an author is at the mercy of the reader , who lies under no ...
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