The Last Essays of EliaJ.M. Dent and Company, 1903 - 277 pages |
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... truths for the sake of which , and in order to bring them into view , the separation or analysis was made . Let it be said quite boldly , however , as a truth thrown from the window to take its chances in the street , that while the ...
... truths for the sake of which , and in order to bring them into view , the separation or analysis was made . Let it be said quite boldly , however , as a truth thrown from the window to take its chances in the street , that while the ...
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... truth distasteful simply because it is the truth . In other words , it is astonishing how soon we arrive at a sufficient stock of views to serve our time , and thereafter , when we seem to be looking at a thing , have really made up our ...
... truth distasteful simply because it is the truth . In other words , it is astonishing how soon we arrive at a sufficient stock of views to serve our time , and thereafter , when we seem to be looking at a thing , have really made up our ...
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... truth he was but struggling to give his poor thoughts articulation . He chose his companions for some individuality of character which they manifested . - Hence , not many persons of science , and few professed literati , were of his ...
... truth he was but struggling to give his poor thoughts articulation . He chose his companions for some individuality of character which they manifested . - Hence , not many persons of science , and few professed literati , were of his ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | x |
HeadpieceBlakesmoor | 5 |
The terror of luckless poacher | 13 |
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LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA Charles 1775-1834 Lamb,Augustine 1850-1933 Birrell,C. E. (Charles Edmund) 1870-1938 Brock No preview available - 2016 |
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