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Page 6
... wish that I " could find time to write , " it will be a satisfaction to know that , though the last twenty months is the first period in my life when it has been permitted me to make my pen my chief means of expressing my thoughts , yet ...
... wish that I " could find time to write , " it will be a satisfaction to know that , though the last twenty months is the first period in my life when it has been permitted me to make my pen my chief means of expressing my thoughts , yet ...
Page 19
... wish to meet thinking men , not schoolmasters or pleaders . We wish that they should do full justice to their own view , but also that they should be frank with us , and , if now our superiors , treat us as if we might some time rise to ...
... wish to meet thinking men , not schoolmasters or pleaders . We wish that they should do full justice to their own view , but also that they should be frank with us , and , if now our superiors , treat us as if we might some time rise to ...
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... wish to hear in prose the meaning of my melody . I do not wish to see my seed neatly put away beneath a paper label . Answer in new poeans to the soul of our souls . Wake me to sweeter childhood by a fresher growth . At pres- ent you ...
... wish to hear in prose the meaning of my melody . I do not wish to see my seed neatly put away beneath a paper label . Answer in new poeans to the soul of our souls . Wake me to sweeter childhood by a fresher growth . At pres- ent you ...
Page 23
... demand is my criticism . POET . If one object does not satisfy you , pass on to another and say nothing . CRITIC . It is not so that it would be well with me . I must penetrate the secret of my wishes , verify the justice A DIALOGUE . 23.
... demand is my criticism . POET . If one object does not satisfy you , pass on to another and say nothing . CRITIC . It is not so that it would be well with me . I must penetrate the secret of my wishes , verify the justice A DIALOGUE . 23.
Page 32
... wish to put stumbling - blocks before their feet . George H .-- Nay , my brother , do not misunderstand me . None , more than I , can think there is but one way to arrive finally at truth . Lord H. - I do not misunderstand you ; but ...
... wish to put stumbling - blocks before their feet . George H .-- Nay , my brother , do not misunderstand me . None , more than I , can think there is but one way to arrive finally at truth . Lord H. - I do not misunderstand you ; but ...
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