The Essays: Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral: and The Wisdom of the AncientsLittle, Brown, 1858 - 360 Seiten |
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... less adapted to essay - writing . But such men as Steele , Johnson , and Hawkesworth , were among the first writers of their time . " - Boston Chronicle . " The Tatler , ' ' The Rambler , ' ' The Spectator , ' ' The Guar- dian , ' ' The ...
... less adapted to essay - writing . But such men as Steele , Johnson , and Hawkesworth , were among the first writers of their time . " - Boston Chronicle . " The Tatler , ' ' The Rambler , ' ' The Spectator , ' ' The Guar- dian , ' ' The ...
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... less pains and assiduity , perhaps yield more lustre and reputation to my name than the others I have in hand . " Although it was not likely that such lustre and reputa- tion would dazzle him , the admirer of Phocion , who , when ...
... less pains and assiduity , perhaps yield more lustre and reputation to my name than the others I have in hand . " Although it was not likely that such lustre and reputa- tion would dazzle him , the admirer of Phocion , who , when ...
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... less pleased with a piece , from which they thought they could demonstrate that the sagacity of a modern genius had found out much better meanings for the ancients than ever were meant by them . " And Mallet , in his Life of Bacon ...
... less pleased with a piece , from which they thought they could demonstrate that the sagacity of a modern genius had found out much better meanings for the ancients than ever were meant by them . " And Mallet , in his Life of Bacon ...
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... less . Essex left his command in Ireland without leave , was ordered in confinement , and after a long imprisonment and trial before the Privy Council , he was liberated . Irritated by the refusal of a favor he solicited , he was ...
... less . Essex left his command in Ireland without leave , was ordered in confinement , and after a long imprisonment and trial before the Privy Council , he was liberated . Irritated by the refusal of a favor he solicited , he was ...
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... less frequent than with Montaigne , have a little the look of pedantry to our eyes . But it is from this condensation , from this gravity , that the work derives its peculiar impressive- ness . Few books are more quoted , and what is ...
... less frequent than with Montaigne , have a little the look of pedantry to our eyes . But it is from this condensation , from this gravity , that the work derives its peculiar impressive- ness . Few books are more quoted , and what is ...
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