Impressions of Theophrastus Such: Essays and Leaves from a Note-bookBlackwood, 1901 - 457 pages |
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... seem good to the foolish reasoner . Hence with all possible study of myself , with all possible effort to escape from the pitiable illusion which makes men laugh , shriek , or curl the lip at Folly's likeness , in total unconsciousness ...
... seem good to the foolish reasoner . Hence with all possible study of myself , with all possible effort to escape from the pitiable illusion which makes men laugh , shriek , or curl the lip at Folly's likeness , in total unconsciousness ...
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... seem to discern your weaknesses , the stronger to me is the proof that I share them . How otherwise could I get the dis- cernment ? -for even what we are averse to , what we vow not to entertain , must have shaped or shadowed itself ...
... seem to discern your weaknesses , the stronger to me is the proof that I share them . How otherwise could I get the dis- cernment ? -for even what we are averse to , what we vow not to entertain , must have shaped or shadowed itself ...
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... seems tolerably clear that wit cannot be seated in the upper lip , and that the balance of the haunches in walking has nothing to do with the subtle discrimination of ideas . Yet strangers evidently do not expect me to make a clever ...
... seems tolerably clear that wit cannot be seated in the upper lip , and that the balance of the haunches in walking has nothing to do with the subtle discrimination of ideas . Yet strangers evidently do not expect me to make a clever ...
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... seems to be proved by the ready confidence with which men and women appeal to my interest in their experience . It is gratifying to one who would above all things avoid the insanity of fancying himself a more momentous or touching ...
... seems to be proved by the ready confidence with which men and women appeal to my interest in their experience . It is gratifying to one who would above all things avoid the insanity of fancying himself a more momentous or touching ...
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... seems in my mind's eye to suit me better . I might have wandered by the Strymon under Philip and Alexander without throw- ing any new light on method or organising the sum of human . knowledge ; on the other hand , I might have objected ...
... seems in my mind's eye to suit me better . I might have wandered by the Strymon under Philip and Alexander without throw- ing any new light on method or organising the sum of human . knowledge ; on the other hand , I might have objected ...
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