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Page 75
... means of delighting but the soft lapse of calm mellifluence ; others adjust them by the epigram , and expect pointed sentences and forcible periods . The one party considers exemption from faults as the height of excellence , the other ...
... means of delighting but the soft lapse of calm mellifluence ; others adjust them by the epigram , and expect pointed sentences and forcible periods . The one party considers exemption from faults as the height of excellence , the other ...
Page 103
... means I may rescue my faculties from these shackles of cowardice , how I may rise to a level with my fellow beings , recall myself from this languor of involuntary subjection to the free exer- tion of my intellects , and add to the ...
... means I may rescue my faculties from these shackles of cowardice , how I may rise to a level with my fellow beings , recall myself from this languor of involuntary subjection to the free exer- tion of my intellects , and add to the ...
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... mean or IT has been observed by Boileau that , common thought , expressed in pompous diction , generally pleases more than ... means confined to the igno- rant or superficial ; it operates uniformly and uni- versally upon readers of all ...
... mean or IT has been observed by Boileau that , common thought , expressed in pompous diction , generally pleases more than ... means confined to the igno- rant or superficial ; it operates uniformly and uni- versally upon readers of all ...
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the Meanness of regulating our Conduct by the Opinions of | 3 |
the Meanness of regulating our Conduct by the Opinions of | 185 |
Anningait and Ajut a Greenland History | 186 |
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