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When one sees there are actually such painstakers among our British wits , who can tell what it may end in ? If we must lash one another , let it be with the manly strokes of wit and satire ; for I am of the old philosopher's opinion ...
When one sees there are actually such painstakers among our British wits , who can tell what it may end in ? If we must lash one another , let it be with the manly strokes of wit and satire ; for I am of the old philosopher's opinion ...
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Xenophon , in the life of his imaginary prince , whom he describes as a pattern for real ones , is always celebrating the philanthropy or good nature of his hero , which he tells us he brought into the world with him , and gives many ...
Xenophon , in the life of his imaginary prince , whom he describes as a pattern for real ones , is always celebrating the philanthropy or good nature of his hero , which he tells us he brought into the world with him , and gives many ...
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... Mirza , ' said he , ' I have heard thee in thy soliloquies ; follow me . ' “ He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the rock , and placing me on the top of it , ' Cast thy eyes eastward , ' said he , and tell me what thou seest .
... Mirza , ' said he , ' I have heard thee in thy soliloquies ; follow me . ' “ He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the rock , and placing me on the top of it , ' Cast thy eyes eastward , ' said he , and tell me what thou seest .
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Examine now , ' said he , ' this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends , and tell me what thou discoverest in it . ' ' I see a bridge , ' said I , ' standing in the midst of the tide . ' " The bridge thou seest , ' said he ...
Examine now , ' said he , ' this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends , and tell me what thou discoverest in it . ' ' I see a bridge , ' said I , ' standing in the midst of the tide . ' " The bridge thou seest , ' said he ...
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Take thine eyes off the bridge , ' said he , “ and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend . ' Upon looking up , ' What mean , ' said I , ' those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge ...
Take thine eyes off the bridge , ' said he , “ and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend . ' Upon looking up , ' What mean , ' said I , ' those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge ...
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| Title | The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Greatest Writers Volume 1 of The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, John Lawson Stoddard |
| Author | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Compiled by | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Publisher | G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 7 May 2015 |
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