The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1900 - 254 pages |
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Page 38
... sort of truth which we expect when a man tells us a mournful or a merry story . If we sus- pect the former of falsehood in any one tittle , we reject it altogether . Our tears refuse to flow at a suspected imposition . But the teller of ...
... sort of truth which we expect when a man tells us a mournful or a merry story . If we sus- pect the former of falsehood in any one tittle , we reject it altogether . Our tears refuse to flow at a suspected imposition . But the teller of ...
Page 50
... sort of liquors , I made a sort of apology for the humility of the fare , observing that for my own part I never ate but one dish for dinner . " I , too , never eat but one thing at din- ner , " was his reply ; then , after a pause ...
... sort of liquors , I made a sort of apology for the humility of the fare , observing that for my own part I never ate but one dish for dinner . " I , too , never eat but one thing at din- ner , " was his reply ; then , after a pause ...
Page 116
... sort . They fall below the plain moral dignity , the sanctity , and high yet most modest spirit of self - approval , of Milton , in his compositions of a similar structure . They are in truth what Milton , censuring the Arca- dia , says ...
... sort . They fall below the plain moral dignity , the sanctity , and high yet most modest spirit of self - approval , of Milton , in his compositions of a similar structure . They are in truth what Milton , censuring the Arca- dia , says ...
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