Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلد 1Hurd & Houghton, 1860 |
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الصفحة 71
... effect of sudden bad tidings , the stupefaction , the vague doubt of the truth of our own perceptions which they produce , will under- stand the following simile : - " I was as he is who dreameth his own harm , who , dreaming , wishes ...
... effect of sudden bad tidings , the stupefaction , the vague doubt of the truth of our own perceptions which they produce , will under- stand the following simile : - " I was as he is who dreameth his own harm , who , dreaming , wishes ...
الصفحة 150
... effect on his audience , may be a great essayist , a great states- man , a great master of composition ; but he is not an orator . If he miss the mark , it makes no difference whether he have taken aim too high or too low . The effect ...
... effect on his audience , may be a great essayist , a great states- man , a great master of composition ; but he is not an orator . If he miss the mark , it makes no difference whether he have taken aim too high or too low . The effect ...
الصفحة 387
... effect of the whole . He who is deficient in the art of selection may , by showing nothing but the truth , produce all the effect of the grossest falsehood . It perpetually happens that one writer tells less truth than another , merely ...
... effect of the whole . He who is deficient in the art of selection may , by showing nothing but the truth , produce all the effect of the grossest falsehood . It perpetually happens that one writer tells less truth than another , merely ...
المحتوى
CONTENTS | xxxiv |
ON THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE Knights | 20 |
SCENES FROM ATHENIAN REVELS Knights Quar | 30 |
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