College Readings in English ProseFrank William Scott, Jacob Zeitlin |
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... beauty , but the vague generali- zations that suffice us for the ordinary business of life . But the prose of expediency is not the prose of art ; and even exact utilitarian or scientific prose is only good prose to the degree in which ...
... beauty , but the vague generali- zations that suffice us for the ordinary business of life . But the prose of expediency is not the prose of art ; and even exact utilitarian or scientific prose is only good prose to the degree in which ...
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... beauty , or the botanist , whom it feeds with knowledge ? Again , think of the microscopic fungus - a mere infinitesi- mal ovoid particle , which finds space and duration enough to multiply into countless millions in the body of a ...
... beauty , or the botanist , whom it feeds with knowledge ? Again , think of the microscopic fungus - a mere infinitesi- mal ovoid particle , which finds space and duration enough to multiply into countless millions in the body of a ...
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... beauty . There were , however , great differences between the two civilizations , owing to the fact that , broadly speaking , the Greeks were energetic and the Chinese were lazy . The Greeks devoted their energies to art and science and ...
... beauty . There were , however , great differences between the two civilizations , owing to the fact that , broadly speaking , the Greeks were energetic and the Chinese were lazy . The Greeks devoted their energies to art and science and ...
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... Beauty is only skin deep " : and the literal democrat preened himself and said , " I always suspected I was as handsome as you . " Reason , intelligence , learning , wisdom , dealt for the mystic only with passing events in a temporal ...
... Beauty is only skin deep " : and the literal democrat preened himself and said , " I always suspected I was as handsome as you . " Reason , intelligence , learning , wisdom , dealt for the mystic only with passing events in a temporal ...
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... beauty of well - ordered words , a strong desire , patience under dis- couragements , and promptness in counting every occasion as of consequence , these are the simple agencies which sweep one on to power . Watch your speech , then ...
... beauty of well - ordered words , a strong desire , patience under dis- couragements , and promptness in counting every occasion as of consequence , these are the simple agencies which sweep one on to power . Watch your speech , then ...
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