The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1900 - 254 pages |
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... human infirmi- ties and passions . A sort of melancholy grand- eur invested him . From some inexplicable doom I fancied him obliged to go about in an eternal suit of mourning ; a captive , a stately being , let out of the Tower on ...
... human infirmi- ties and passions . A sort of melancholy grand- eur invested him . From some inexplicable doom I fancied him obliged to go about in an eternal suit of mourning ; a captive , a stately being , let out of the Tower on ...
Page 70
... human mind untuned , " he is content awhile to be mad with Lear , or to hate mankind ( a sort of madness ) with ... humanity , he will be found the truest to it . From beyond the scope of Nature , if he summon possible existences , he ...
... human mind untuned , " he is content awhile to be mad with Lear , or to hate mankind ( a sort of madness ) with ... humanity , he will be found the truest to it . From beyond the scope of Nature , if he summon possible existences , he ...
Page 96
... human life is at the greatest and the best but like a forward child , that must be played with , and humored a little , to keep it quiet , till it falls asleep , and then the care is over . " " " BARBARA S— On the noon of the 14th of ...
... human life is at the greatest and the best but like a forward child , that must be played with , and humored a little , to keep it quiet , till it falls asleep , and then the care is over . " " " BARBARA S— On the noon of the 14th of ...
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