The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1901 - 254 pages |
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Page 59
... objects for satisfying our preconceptions of them -scarcely goes deep enough into the question . Let the same person ... object , as those wild beasts , or that mountain compassable by the eye , but all the sea at once , THE COMMENSURATE ...
... objects for satisfying our preconceptions of them -scarcely goes deep enough into the question . Let the same person ... object , as those wild beasts , or that mountain compassable by the eye , but all the sea at once , THE COMMENSURATE ...
Page 60
... object opens first upon him , seen ( in tame weather too most likely ) from our unromantic coasts- -a speck , a slip of sea - water , as it shows to him - what can it prove but a very unsatisfying and even diminutive entertainment ? Or ...
... object opens first upon him , seen ( in tame weather too most likely ) from our unromantic coasts- -a speck , a slip of sea - water , as it shows to him - what can it prove but a very unsatisfying and even diminutive entertainment ? Or ...
Page 67
... object . Supreme selfishness is inculcated upon him as his only duty . ' Tis the Two Tables of the Law to him . He has nothing to think of but how to get well . What passes out of doors , or within them , so he hear not the jarring of ...
... object . Supreme selfishness is inculcated upon him as his only duty . ' Tis the Two Tables of the Law to him . He has nothing to think of but how to get well . What passes out of doors , or within them , so he hear not the jarring of ...
Page 114
... object of inspection to the poor at those times only , in which they must rob from their attendance on the worship every minute which they can bestow upon the fabric . vain the public prints have taken up this subject , in vain such ...
... object of inspection to the poor at those times only , in which they must rob from their attendance on the worship every minute which they can bestow upon the fabric . vain the public prints have taken up this subject , in vain such ...
Page 117
... object . But in the state of his finances , even sixpence might reasonably seem too much . Tell the Aristocracy of the country ( no man can do it more impressively ) ; instruct them of what value these insignificant pieces of money ...
... object . But in the state of his finances , even sixpence might reasonably seem too much . Tell the Aristocracy of the country ( no man can do it more impressively ) ; instruct them of what value these insignificant pieces of money ...
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