Lectures on English Literature: From Chaucer to TennysonJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1863 - 387 Seiten |
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... , Professor Reed , we may well believe , would have resumed his American duties with new zeal and efficiency . Not that I for one moment imagine he had become in- fected with the folly of fancying that a system of xxii INTRODUCTORY NOTICE .
... , Professor Reed , we may well believe , would have resumed his American duties with new zeal and efficiency . Not that I for one moment imagine he had become in- fected with the folly of fancying that a system of xxii INTRODUCTORY NOTICE .
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... become the more expanded and freer discipline , which lasts through life . We cannot tell how much of good we may thus do to one another . We cannot measure the value of unstudied and almost casual influences . A random word of genuine ...
... become the more expanded and freer discipline , which lasts through life . We cannot tell how much of good we may thus do to one another . We cannot measure the value of unstudied and almost casual influences . A random word of genuine ...
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... become a portion of their intel lectual and moral nature , one is appalled at the first ap- proach , and may shrink from all effort , in despondency or hopelessness . It is a bewildering thing to stand in the presence of a vast ...
... become a portion of their intel lectual and moral nature , one is appalled at the first ap- proach , and may shrink from all effort , in despondency or hopelessness . It is a bewildering thing to stand in the presence of a vast ...
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... as with what we are , what we can do and what we can suffer , and what we may become here and hereafter . Essay on Pope , pp . 149 , 152. American edition . Thus it is that there are books of knowledge , PRINCIPLES OF LITERATURE . 89.
... as with what we are , what we can do and what we can suffer , and what we may become here and hereafter . Essay on Pope , pp . 149 , 152. American edition . Thus it is that there are books of knowledge , PRINCIPLES OF LITERATURE . 89.
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... becomes a perpetual stimulant , with no demand on the mind's own energy , and slowly wearing it away . The true enjoyment of books is when there is a co - operating power in the reader's mind - an active sympathy with the book ; and ...
... becomes a perpetual stimulant , with no demand on the mind's own energy , and slowly wearing it away . The true enjoyment of books is when there is a co - operating power in the reader's mind - an active sympathy with the book ; and ...
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