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... things now certain , the belief in things now incredible , the oblivion of what now seems most important , the strained attention to departed detail , which characterise the mouldering leaves . Something like this is the feeling with ...
... things now certain , the belief in things now incredible , the oblivion of what now seems most important , the strained attention to departed detail , which characterise the mouldering leaves . Something like this is the feeling with ...
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... thing before in my life ; ' and he thinks this is a reductio ad absurdum . You may see his taste by the reading of which he approves . Is there a more splendid monument of talent and industry than The Times ' ? No wonder that the ...
... thing before in my life ; ' and he thinks this is a reductio ad absurdum . You may see his taste by the reading of which he approves . Is there a more splendid monument of talent and industry than The Times ' ? No wonder that the ...
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... things of their age ; for no one expects they will go out and act on them . ' They are a kind of ticket - of - leave lunatics , from whom no harm is for the moment expected ; who seem quiet , but on whose vagaries a practical public ...
... things of their age ; for no one expects they will go out and act on them . ' They are a kind of ticket - of - leave lunatics , from whom no harm is for the moment expected ; who seem quiet , but on whose vagaries a practical public ...
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... things on its surface ; and slowly , grain by grain , a mould of wise experience is unconsciously left on the still , extended intellect . You scarcely think of such a mind as acting ; it seems always acted upon . There is no trace of ...
... things on its surface ; and slowly , grain by grain , a mould of wise experience is unconsciously left on the still , extended intellect . You scarcely think of such a mind as acting ; it seems always acted upon . There is no trace of ...
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... thing which other men would not understand . Sir Robert Peel was a statesman for forty years ; under our ... things . The mere tools of civilisation seem in some sort to augment work . In early times , when a despot wishes to ...
... thing which other men would not understand . Sir Robert Peel was a statesman for forty years ; under our ... things . The mere tools of civilisation seem in some sort to augment work . In early times , when a despot wishes to ...
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