The Last Essays of EliaJ.M. Dent and Company, 1903 - 277 pages |
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... human nature . To that moral niceness — or finicking stupidity aping pride - which is every hour of every day branding and banishing this , that and the other human creature to a place beyond the pale of the select , he was as superior ...
... human nature . To that moral niceness — or finicking stupidity aping pride - which is every hour of every day branding and banishing this , that and the other human creature to a place beyond the pale of the select , he was as superior ...
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... Humanity is too gross to breathe the air of that super - subtile region , its portion was , and is , to be a child for ever . And because the human part of it might not press into the heart and inwards of the palace of its adoption ...
... Humanity is too gross to breathe the air of that super - subtile region , its portion was , and is , to be a child for ever . And because the human part of it might not press into the heart and inwards of the palace of its adoption ...
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... human creatures that were not ( for him ) Men . And , as a fact , no accused witch escaped the fagot through Sir Thomas's testimony . " " " They covered him over with a coat of white paint . " This instruct- ive atrocity - an ...
... human creatures that were not ( for him ) Men . And , as a fact , no accused witch escaped the fagot through Sir Thomas's testimony . " " " They covered him over with a coat of white paint . " This instruct- ive atrocity - an ...
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | x |
HeadpieceBlakesmoor | 5 |
The terror of luckless poacher | 13 |
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