Letters to Dead AuthorsC. Scribner's sons, 1886 - 234 страница |
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... God bless them — lean , in their char- acters , either to the sweet passiveness of Emmy or to the sensitive and jealous affections of Helen ? ' Tis Heaven , not you , that made them so ; and they are easily pardoned , both for being a ...
... God bless them — lean , in their char- acters , either to the sweet passiveness of Emmy or to the sensitive and jealous affections of Helen ? ' Tis Heaven , not you , that made them so ; and they are easily pardoned , both for being a ...
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... Gods falls upon Herodotus . For he pretends that he saw Cadmeian inscriptions at Thebes . Now I do not believe there were any Cadmeian inscrip- tions there : therefore Herodotus is most manifestly lying . Moreover , this Herodo- tus ...
... Gods falls upon Herodotus . For he pretends that he saw Cadmeian inscriptions at Thebes . Now I do not believe there were any Cadmeian inscrip- tions there : therefore Herodotus is most manifestly lying . Moreover , this Herodo- tus ...
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Andrew Lang. where faith is sick and superstition is waking afresh ; where gods come rarely , and spectres appear at five shillings an interview ; where science is popular , and philosophy cries aloud in the market- place , and clamour ...
Andrew Lang. where faith is sick and superstition is waking afresh ; where gods come rarely , and spectres appear at five shillings an interview ; where science is popular , and philosophy cries aloud in the market- place , and clamour ...
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... Gods , there would be no other pleasure but to swig , tipple , drink , and boose till the coming of that last darkness and Twilight , wherein they , with their dei- ties , should do battle against the enemies of all mankind ; which day ...
... Gods , there would be no other pleasure but to swig , tipple , drink , and boose till the coming of that last darkness and Twilight , wherein they , with their dei- ties , should do battle against the enemies of all mankind ; which day ...
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... God's blessing , it befell thee Nec turpem senectam Degere , nec cithara carentem . I would , Father , that I could get at the verity about thy poems . Those recom- mendatory verses with which thou didst grace the Lives of Dr. Donne and ...
... God's blessing , it befell thee Nec turpem senectam Degere , nec cithara carentem . I would , Father , that I could get at the verity about thy poems . Those recom- mendatory verses with which thou didst grace the Lives of Dr. Donne and ...
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