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... and congenial criticism ; he will tell how , by such influences , the activity of his
thoughts is quickened — how his judgment of books is often the joint product of
his own reflections , and the contact of the wisdom and experience of others .
... and congenial criticism ; he will tell how , by such influences , the activity of his
thoughts is quickened — how his judgment of books is often the joint product of
his own reflections , and the contact of the wisdom and experience of others .
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It is oppressive to conceive what a world of human thought and human passion is
dwelling on the silent and senseless paper , how much of wisdom is ready to
make its entrance into the mind that is prepared to give it welcome . It is mournful
to ...
It is oppressive to conceive what a world of human thought and human passion is
dwelling on the silent and senseless paper , how much of wisdom is ready to
make its entrance into the mind that is prepared to give it welcome . It is mournful
to ...
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... and has the love even of those who have learned the poet - moralist ' s truer
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 ...
... and has the love even of those who have learned the poet - moralist ' s truer
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 ...
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Is it not for every one who is willing to be lifted up to the high places of philosophy
, that Bacon ' s words of wisdom were recorded ? It is for all , that Clarendon ' s
pictured page displays its great gallery of historic portraits : it is for all , that Arnold
...
Is it not for every one who is willing to be lifted up to the high places of philosophy
, that Bacon ' s words of wisdom were recorded ? It is for all , that Clarendon ' s
pictured page displays its great gallery of historic portraits : it is for all , that Arnold
...
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Thus it is that there are books of knowledge , and of power - books that make us
more knowing , and books that make us wiser , and , in that wisdom , better . This
great distinctive principle gives good guidance to us , and it may be made most ...
Thus it is that there are books of knowledge , and of power - books that make us
more knowing , and books that make us wiser , and , in that wisdom , better . This
great distinctive principle gives good guidance to us , and it may be made most ...
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Lectures on English Literature: From Chaucer to Tennyson Henry Reed Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1855 |
Lectures on English Literature: From Chaucer to Tennyson Henry Reed Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1855 |
LECTURES ON ENGLISH LITERATURE, FROM CHAURER TO TENNYSON HENRY REED Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1855 |
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