Lectures on literature and art, delivered in the ... Royal college of science ... Dublin, by J.P. Mahaffy [and others]. |
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... better not to be ; but , as the climax to the sorrows of human life , he reproaches old age " feeble , unsociable , friendless , the perpe- tual object of reproach , when all the woes of woes are the partners of our habitation . " * No ...
... better not to be ; but , as the climax to the sorrows of human life , he reproaches old age " feeble , unsociable , friendless , the perpe- tual object of reproach , when all the woes of woes are the partners of our habitation . " * No ...
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... better is it , " retorts Menan- der , almost in the words of the prodigal son , who had wasted his substance and his hopes , " to be under a good master , than to live in poverty and free . " † And to the same poet is due the origin of ...
... better is it , " retorts Menan- der , almost in the words of the prodigal son , who had wasted his substance and his hopes , " to be under a good master , than to live in poverty and free . " † And to the same poet is due the origin of ...
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... better for a man than that he should eat and drink , and make his soul enjoy good in his labour , " though they then ... better horse is more cared for than the worse ; if a hound be good , he has more honour than the worthless cur ; a ...
... better for a man than that he should eat and drink , and make his soul enjoy good in his labour , " though they then ... better horse is more cared for than the worse ; if a hound be good , he has more honour than the worthless cur ; a ...
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... metaphysical critics , but from a somewhat promiscuous assembly of revellers , whom the nineteenth century would probably con- sider to be little better than savages . It Yet , no critic dares to reverse their sentence 58 THE POETRY OF.
... metaphysical critics , but from a somewhat promiscuous assembly of revellers , whom the nineteenth century would probably con- sider to be little better than savages . It Yet , no critic dares to reverse their sentence 58 THE POETRY OF.
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... better understand this distinction if I first tell you a story in prose , and then read it to you as it is told by Walter Scott . Here is the prose : - " MY LORD , " I have the honor to inform your lordship , that the dis- embarkation ...
... better understand this distinction if I first tell you a story in prose , and then read it to you as it is told by Walter Scott . Here is the prose : - " MY LORD , " I have the honor to inform your lordship , that the dis- embarkation ...
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