The Last Essays of EliaG. Routledge & sons, 1880 - 119 pages |
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... truth is , he gave himself too little concern what he uttered , and in whose presence . He observed neither time nor place , and would e'en out with what came uppermost . With the severe religionist he would pass for a free- thinker ...
... truth is , he gave himself too little concern what he uttered , and in whose presence . He observed neither time nor place , and would e'en out with what came uppermost . With the severe religionist he would pass for a free- thinker ...
Page 93
... truth , that there is none , none that I can find . In my stage of habit ( I speak not of habits less confirmed - for some of them I believe the advice to be most pru- dential ) , in the stage which I have reached , to stop short of ...
... truth , that there is none , none that I can find . In my stage of habit ( I speak not of habits less confirmed - for some of them I believe the advice to be most pru- dential ) , in the stage which I have reached , to stop short of ...
Page 95
... truth , that it was not always so with me . Shall I lift up the veil of my weakness any further ? or is this disclosure sufficient ? I am a poor nameless egotist , who have no vanity to consult by Con- fessions . I know not whether I ...
... truth , that it was not always so with me . Shall I lift up the veil of my weakness any further ? or is this disclosure sufficient ? I am a poor nameless egotist , who have no vanity to consult by Con- fessions . I know not whether I ...
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