Lectures on English Literature, from Chaucer to TennysonClaxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1869 - 411 Seiten |
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... wisdom and experience of others . To him . who wanders at will through the vast spaces of literature ,. with the sorry guidance of good intentions and inexpe- rience , most needful are the helping hand and the pointing finger ; to him ...
... wisdom and experience of others . To him . who wanders at will through the vast spaces of literature ,. with the sorry guidance of good intentions and inexpe- rience , most needful are the helping hand and the pointing finger ; to him ...
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... wisdom is ready to make ts entrance into the mind that is pre- pared to give it welcome . It is mournful to think that the multitudinous oracles should be dumb to us . Furthermore , there is this difficulty , that , in the multitude ...
... wisdom is ready to make ts entrance into the mind that is pre- pared to give it welcome . It is mournful to think that the multitudinous oracles should be dumb to us . Furthermore , there is this difficulty , that , in the multitude ...
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... wisdom , " Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels . " * I speak of this instance to show how a subject which is indifferent to many , and even repulsive to not a few , may be redeemed and ...
... wisdom , " Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels . " * I speak of this instance to show how a subject which is indifferent to many , and even repulsive to not a few , may be redeemed and ...
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... wisdom were recorded ? It is for all , that Clarendon's pictured page displays its great gal- lery of historic portraits : it is for all , that Arnold , in our own day , has shown how a mighty historian can throw a sacred light over ...
... wisdom were recorded ? It is for all , that Clarendon's pictured page displays its great gal- lery of historic portraits : it is for all , that Arnold , in our own day , has shown how a mighty historian can throw a sacred light over ...
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... wisdom , better . This great distinctive principle gives good guidance to us , and it may be made most practical if a little thoughtful discrimination be bestowed in our inter- course with books ; instead of apathy on the one hand , or ...
... wisdom , better . This great distinctive principle gives good guidance to us , and it may be made most practical if a little thoughtful discrimination be bestowed in our inter- course with books ; instead of apathy on the one hand , or ...
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