The Essays of EliaDent, 1923 - 294 pages |
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Page xiv
... spirit , and he imbibed the old humanities at every pore . He never could have written " The Essays of Elia , ' or anything like them , had he been robbed of the birthright of every man of letters . He is not a cheap and easy author ...
... spirit , and he imbibed the old humanities at every pore . He never could have written " The Essays of Elia , ' or anything like them , had he been robbed of the birthright of every man of letters . He is not a cheap and easy author ...
Page 19
... spirits was dispensed with.- This fancy of dungeons for children was a sprout of Howard's brain ; for which ( saving the reverence due to Holy Paul ) , methinks , I could willingly spit upon his statue . offence . Wouldst thou like ...
... spirits was dispensed with.- This fancy of dungeons for children was a sprout of Howard's brain ; for which ( saving the reverence due to Holy Paul ) , methinks , I could willingly spit upon his statue . offence . Wouldst thou like ...
Page 31
... spirit of contradiction , and childish love of getting the better of thy friend ? -Then , worst cut of all ! to transport it with thee to the Gallican land- Unworthy land to harbour such a sweetness , A virtue in which all ennobling ...
... spirit of contradiction , and childish love of getting the better of thy friend ? -Then , worst cut of all ! to transport it with thee to the Gallican land- Unworthy land to harbour such a sweetness , A virtue in which all ennobling ...
Page 37
... spirits , in the concoction ? Where be those puling fears of death , just now expressed or affected ? -Passed like a cloud - absorbed in the purg- ing sunlight of clear poetry - clean washed away by a wave of genuine Helicon , your only ...
... spirits , in the concoction ? Where be those puling fears of death , just now expressed or affected ? -Passed like a cloud - absorbed in the purg- ing sunlight of clear poetry - clean washed away by a wave of genuine Helicon , your only ...
Page 40
... spirit of unsensualising would have kept out . - You , your- self , have a pretty collection of paintings - but confess to me , whether , walking in your gallery at Sandham , among those clear Vandykes , or among the Paul Potters in the ...
... spirit of unsensualising would have kept out . - You , your- self , have a pretty collection of paintings - but confess to me , whether , walking in your gallery at Sandham , among those clear Vandykes , or among the Paul Potters in the ...
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