Anglo-American Literature and MannersC. Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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... night , he illumed his lamp , its sceptic light fell upon the bronze robe of his sceptic precursor . He was , throughout the whole of his laborious life , more brilliant , more active , more influential , than Erasmus himself . Yet ...
... night , he illumed his lamp , its sceptic light fell upon the bronze robe of his sceptic precursor . He was , throughout the whole of his laborious life , more brilliant , more active , more influential , than Erasmus himself . Yet ...
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... night ago , he has now lost his influence . Then , he decided all ; " now , nothing . They keep him because they fear to do other- wise ; lest his removal should prove a pretext for a popular commotion . The giant will soon fall ...
... night ago , he has now lost his influence . Then , he decided all ; " now , nothing . They keep him because they fear to do other- wise ; lest his removal should prove a pretext for a popular commotion . The giant will soon fall ...
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... night , which embalms the flower in its perfumes , the sap that circulates through the minutest pistil and the frail column which sup- ports it . All this I look for in vain ; Nature , so vivid , gay , animated ; in which respires a ...
... night , which embalms the flower in its perfumes , the sap that circulates through the minutest pistil and the frail column which sup- ports it . All this I look for in vain ; Nature , so vivid , gay , animated ; in which respires a ...
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... to the possible event of my visiting Europe again ; and I began to fancy my work under the mal- tiplying efforts of the graver . Happy days and nights of pleasing dreams ; I read over the catalogue of my 6-1 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF.
... to the possible event of my visiting Europe again ; and I began to fancy my work under the mal- tiplying efforts of the graver . Happy days and nights of pleasing dreams ; I read over the catalogue of my 6-1 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF.
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... nights , and the days passed like days of oblivion - until the animal powers being recalled into action , through the strength of my constitution , I took up my gun , my note book , and my pencils , and went forth to the woods as gaily ...
... nights , and the days passed like days of oblivion - until the animal powers being recalled into action , through the strength of my constitution , I took up my gun , my note book , and my pencils , and went forth to the woods as gaily ...
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