The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1901 - 254 pages |
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Page 41
... humans from her watery bosom . This was greatness , tempered with con- siderate tenderness to the feelings of his scanty but welcoming entertainer . Great wert thou in thy life , Robert William Elliston and not lessened in thy death ...
... humans from her watery bosom . This was greatness , tempered with con- siderate tenderness to the feelings of his scanty but welcoming entertainer . Great wert thou in thy life , Robert William Elliston and not lessened in thy death ...
Page 68
... humanity , and tender heart . He is his own sympathiser ; and instinctively feels that none can so well perform that office for him . He cares for few spectators to his tragedy . Only that punctual face of the old nurse pleases him ...
... humanity , and tender heart . He is his own sympathiser ; and instinctively feels that none can so well perform that office for him . He cares for few spectators to his tragedy . Only that punctual face of the old nurse pleases him ...
Page 74
... human mind untuned , " he is content awhile to be mad with Lear , or to hate mankind ( a sort of madness ) with ... humanity , he will be found the truest to it . From beyond the scope of Nature if he summon possible existences , he ...
... human mind untuned , " he is content awhile to be mad with Lear , or to hate mankind ( a sort of madness ) with ... humanity , he will be found the truest to it . From beyond the scope of Nature if he summon possible existences , he ...
Page 103
... human life ; for the mind of man is like the sea , which is neither agreeable to the beholder nor the voyager , in a calm or in a storm , but is so to both when a little agitated by gentle gales GENTEEL STYLE IN WRITING 103.
... human life ; for the mind of man is like the sea , which is neither agreeable to the beholder nor the voyager , in a calm or in a storm , but is so to both when a little agitated by gentle gales GENTEEL STYLE IN WRITING 103.
Page 104
... human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child , that must be played with , and humoured a little , to keep it quiet till it falls asleep , and then the care is over . " Cε Brock 1599 Ο BARBARA S- N the noon of 104 ...
... human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child , that must be played with , and humoured a little , to keep it quiet till it falls asleep , and then the care is over . " Cε Brock 1599 Ο BARBARA S- N the noon of 104 ...
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