The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 22; Volume 85Leavitt, Trow, & Company, 1875 - American literature |
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Page 55
... better to buy old sideboards or secretaries made originally in plain wood , and add the inlaying or the carving of which they were not thought worthy , than to make the whole thing new from the foundation . Some of the results of this ...
... better to buy old sideboards or secretaries made originally in plain wood , and add the inlaying or the carving of which they were not thought worthy , than to make the whole thing new from the foundation . Some of the results of this ...
Page 198
... better not carry the discussion further , for fear that , right as we may suppose we are in theory , we should entirely fail , in prac- tice , to convince anybody outside England that calm seriousness under trouble is a universal duty ...
... better not carry the discussion further , for fear that , right as we may suppose we are in theory , we should entirely fail , in prac- tice , to convince anybody outside England that calm seriousness under trouble is a universal duty ...
Page 423
... better than his , the sceptic's , inasmuch as it enables those who profess it to make the best of this life in which we are all embarked . He who has once believed that life has an aim and a meaning , and who has given up that be- lief ...
... better than his , the sceptic's , inasmuch as it enables those who profess it to make the best of this life in which we are all embarked . He who has once believed that life has an aim and a meaning , and who has given up that be- lief ...
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