Other Men's Minds, Or, Seven Thousand Choice Extracts on History, Science, Philosophy, Religion, Etc: Selected from the Standard Authorship of Ancient and Modern Times, and Classified in Alphabetical OrderEstes and Lauriat, 1888 - 640 Seiten |
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... mind can make up for the want of natural abilities . - SCHOPEN- HAUFER . ABILITIES . - Poetical These abilities , wheresoever they be found , are the inspired gift of God rarely bestowed , but yet to some , though most abuse , in every ...
... mind can make up for the want of natural abilities . - SCHOPEN- HAUFER . ABILITIES . - Poetical These abilities , wheresoever they be found , are the inspired gift of God rarely bestowed , but yet to some , though most abuse , in every ...
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... mind a more sedate and thoughtful turn . The attention is now transferred from plea- sure to interest ; that is , to pleasure diffused over a wider extent , and measured by a larger scale . Formerly , the enjoyment of the present moment ...
... mind a more sedate and thoughtful turn . The attention is now transferred from plea- sure to interest ; that is , to pleasure diffused over a wider extent , and measured by a larger scale . Formerly , the enjoyment of the present moment ...
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... mind , the venerableness of age made " the Old Man at the Gate " some- thing like a spiritual presence . He was so old ; who could say how few the pulsations of his heart between him and the grave ! But there he was with a meek ...
... mind , the venerableness of age made " the Old Man at the Gate " some- thing like a spiritual presence . He was so old ; who could say how few the pulsations of his heart between him and the grave ! But there he was with a meek ...
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... mind ever sprung where it pass'd , Then unblest is such freedom , and baleful its might , - Free only to ruin , and strong but to blight ! Farewell to the few I have left with regret : May they sometimes recall , what I cannot forget ...
... mind ever sprung where it pass'd , Then unblest is such freedom , and baleful its might , - Free only to ruin , and strong but to blight ! Farewell to the few I have left with regret : May they sometimes recall , what I cannot forget ...
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... mind , and felt extremely hurt at my neglect ; and would have ridden back had I not thought the waggoner might have come out of the house and relieved the horse . A man could not have had a better demand for getting off his horse , than ...
... mind , and felt extremely hurt at my neglect ; and would have ridden back had I not thought the waggoner might have come out of the house and relieved the horse . A man could not have had a better demand for getting off his horse , than ...
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