Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1930 - Počet stran: 340 |
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... action , it would be as well to designate it by some new and appro- priate appellation , unless it were meant , by the intervention of the old and ambiguous term , to confound the important practical distinction which subsists between ...
... action , it would be as well to designate it by some new and appro- priate appellation , unless it were meant , by the intervention of the old and ambiguous term , to confound the important practical distinction which subsists between ...
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... action , and that the future ( which can alone be the object of practical pursuit ) has no particular claim or hold upon self . All action , all passion , all morality and self - interest , is prospective . A. You have not made that ...
... action , and that the future ( which can alone be the object of practical pursuit ) has no particular claim or hold upon self . All action , all passion , all morality and self - interest , is prospective . A. You have not made that ...
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... action then , of business or pleasure , of self - love or benevolence , is not made up of solid materials , moved by downright , solid springs ; it is essentially a void , an unreal mockery , both in regard to ourselves and others ...
... action then , of business or pleasure , of self - love or benevolence , is not made up of solid materials , moved by downright , solid springs ; it is essentially a void , an unreal mockery , both in regard to ourselves and others ...
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