Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1930 - Počet stran: 340 |
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... passion of love where it has other objects and con- sequences in view . Is reason any match for the poison of this passion , where it has been once imbibed ? I might just as well be told that reason is a cure for madness or the bite of ...
... passion of love where it has other objects and con- sequences in view . Is reason any match for the poison of this passion , where it has been once imbibed ? I might just as well be told that reason is a cure for madness or the bite of ...
Strana 246
... passion for gaming here , as too obvious an illustration of what I mean . It is more rare , and hardly to be looked on as epidemic with us . But few that have dabbled in this vice have not become deeply involved , and few ( or none ) ...
... passion for gaming here , as too obvious an illustration of what I mean . It is more rare , and hardly to be looked on as epidemic with us . But few that have dabbled in this vice have not become deeply involved , and few ( or none ) ...
Strana 251
... passion for some one of these objects , to which he would probably sacrifice all the rest , and his own peace and happiness into the bargain . 4. The main - chance is an instrument of various passions , but is directly opposed to none ...
... passion for some one of these objects , to which he would probably sacrifice all the rest , and his own peace and happiness into the bargain . 4. The main - chance is an instrument of various passions , but is directly opposed to none ...
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