Essays: And Wisdom of the AncientsLittle, Brown, 1884 - 425 lappuses |
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xiv. lappuse
... 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 repu- tation 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 repu- tation would dazzle him , the admirer of Phocion , who , when ...
xxviii. lappuse
... 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 , says ...
... 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 , says ...
11. lappuse
... 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 ...
46. lappuse
... less fre- quent than with Montaigne , have a little the look of pedantry to our eyes . But it is from this condensation , from this 1 Introduction to the Encyclopædia . gravity , that the work derives its peculiar impressiveness . 46 ...
... less fre- quent than with Montaigne , have a little the look of pedantry to our eyes . But it is from this condensation , from this 1 Introduction to the Encyclopædia . gravity , that the work derives its peculiar impressiveness . 46 ...
62. lappuse
... less pain than the torture of a limb , for the most vital parts are not the quickest of sense . And by him that spake only as a philosopher and natural man , it was well said , " Pompa mortis magis terret , quam mors ipsa . " 2 Groans ...
... less pain than the torture of a limb , for the most vital parts are not the quickest of sense . And by him that spake only as a philosopher and natural man , it was well said , " Pompa mortis magis terret , quam mors ipsa . " 2 Groans ...
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