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Page 13
... true , he did it physically precisely as his father had done : nothing pantomimic was omitted , but the soul was wanting , and as he came reeling towards the audience , I said to myself , By heaven he will cut his knees upon the ...
... true , he did it physically precisely as his father had done : nothing pantomimic was omitted , but the soul was wanting , and as he came reeling towards the audience , I said to myself , By heaven he will cut his knees upon the ...
Page 14
... true ; but this applies in a certain sense to every distinguished author . That Mr. Cooper has narrowed his range by a too engrossing attention to a particular species of human life , is another question , which it is vain here to ...
... true ; but this applies in a certain sense to every distinguished author . That Mr. Cooper has narrowed his range by a too engrossing attention to a particular species of human life , is another question , which it is vain here to ...
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... true wisdom is not to heed it ; nothing prolongs the barking of a cur at your heels so much as turning round to kick it , or to drive it away . Walk on unmoved , the dog will not bite , and the friends who are influenced by the barking ...
... true wisdom is not to heed it ; nothing prolongs the barking of a cur at your heels so much as turning round to kick it , or to drive it away . Walk on unmoved , the dog will not bite , and the friends who are influenced by the barking ...
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... true path ; and we want no surer evidence of lack of genius - or in other words , the power to create that which appeals to the greater number of human minds -- than the repeated failure of certain volu- minous writers ; the only ...
... true path ; and we want no surer evidence of lack of genius - or in other words , the power to create that which appeals to the greater number of human minds -- than the repeated failure of certain volu- minous writers ; the only ...
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... true path , or else clouds over his course by a peculiarity artificially created . Now we think this applies in a considerable degree to Mr. Cooper , who has weak- ened his powers by narrowing his original impulses . The works of a ...
... true path , or else clouds over his course by a peculiarity artificially created . Now we think this applies in a considerable degree to Mr. Cooper , who has weak- ened his powers by narrowing his original impulses . The works of a ...
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