The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1901 - 254 pages |
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Page 9
... of the mansion had least reason to complain . They had long forsaken the old house of their fathers for a newer trifle ; and I was left to appropriate to myself what images I could pick up , to raise my BLAKESMOOR IN HSHIRE 9.
... of the mansion had least reason to complain . They had long forsaken the old house of their fathers for a newer trifle ; and I was left to appropriate to myself what images I could pick up , to raise my BLAKESMOOR IN HSHIRE 9.
Page 28
... reason , that the same degree of credibility is not required of it as to serious scenes . The degrees of credibility demanded to the two things may be illustrated by the different sort of truth which we expect when a man tells us a ...
... reason , that the same degree of credibility is not required of it as to serious scenes . The degrees of credibility demanded to the two things may be illustrated by the different sort of truth which we expect when a man tells us a ...
Page 57
... reason of his quitting Persia ; but with the rapidity of a magician , he transported himself , along with his hearers , back to England , where we still found him in the confidence of great ladies . There was some story of a Princess ...
... reason of his quitting Persia ; but with the rapidity of a magician , he transported himself , along with his hearers , back to England , where we still found him in the confidence of great ladies . There was some story of a Princess ...
Page 59
... reason usually given — referring to the incapacity of actual objects for satisfying our preconceptions of them -scarcely goes deep enough into the question . Let the same person see a lion , an elephant , a mountain , for the first time ...
... reason usually given — referring to the incapacity of actual objects for satisfying our preconceptions of them -scarcely goes deep enough into the question . Let the same person see a lion , an elephant , a mountain , for the first time ...
Page 74
... reason wholly go , while most he seems to do so , he has his better genius still whispering at his ear , with the good servant Kent suggesting saner counsels , or with the honest steward Flavius recommending kind- lier resolutions ...
... reason wholly go , while most he seems to do so , he has his better genius still whispering at his ear , with the good servant Kent suggesting saner counsels , or with the honest steward Flavius recommending kind- lier resolutions ...
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