Selections from the Correspondence of R.E.H. Greyson, Esq. [pseud.]Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1861 - 432 pages |
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... present case for it is impossible to reconcile contradictions . All that is left , therefore , is to set one contradictory sentence of criticism against another- the plus of eulogy against the minus of vituperation ; or equate , as is ...
... present case for it is impossible to reconcile contradictions . All that is left , therefore , is to set one contradictory sentence of criticism against another- the plus of eulogy against the minus of vituperation ; or equate , as is ...
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... present . I think I have observed that such compilations often retain details so minute as to be uninteresting to the reader ; or al- lusions to private affairs so obscure as to be quite unintel- ligible . I have , therefore , for the ...
... present . I think I have observed that such compilations often retain details so minute as to be uninteresting to the reader ; or al- lusions to private affairs so obscure as to be quite unintel- ligible . I have , therefore , for the ...
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... present experience , will rebuke the fond presump- tuous confidence that I would sooner be the meat than the guest at such a feast . Yet the uniformity with which the phe- nomenon presents itself , when that extremity of hunger presses ...
... present experience , will rebuke the fond presump- tuous confidence that I would sooner be the meat than the guest at such a feast . Yet the uniformity with which the phe- nomenon presents itself , when that extremity of hunger presses ...
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... present to us , - " being graven as with a pen of iron " on the tablets of memory " for ever . " The fact to which I refer is this : -that while , from habit , those objects become indifferent to us which in themselves are most likely ...
... present to us , - " being graven as with a pen of iron " on the tablets of memory " for ever . " The fact to which I refer is this : -that while , from habit , those objects become indifferent to us which in themselves are most likely ...
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... present , the distant near ; solemn shapes beckon to us from the depths of time ; the voices of memory mur- mur in our ears , and the soul lives all its sorrows over again vividly as ever . It has been so with me to - day . It was a ...
... present , the distant near ; solemn shapes beckon to us from the depths of time ; the voices of memory mur- mur in our ears , and the soul lives all its sorrows over again vividly as ever . It has been so with me to - day . It was a ...
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