The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, Volume 3G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 - Literature |
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... fact , But ' tis the special cause and circumstance That give the special color to the crime . King . I shall be glad to have my kingdom freed From the dishonor of so foul a deed By any extenuation . Men . Then I think Your Majesty ...
... fact , But ' tis the special cause and circumstance That give the special color to the crime . King . I shall be glad to have my kingdom freed From the dishonor of so foul a deed By any extenuation . Men . Then I think Your Majesty ...
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... Fact of Existence is great to him . Fly as he will , he cannot get out of the awful presence of this Reality . His mind is so made ; he is great by that , first of all . Fearful and wonderful , real as Life , real as Death , is this ...
... Fact of Existence is great to him . Fly as he will , he cannot get out of the awful presence of this Reality . His mind is so made ; he is great by that , first of all . Fearful and wonderful , real as Life , real as Death , is this ...
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... fact about him . On the whole , we make too much of faults ; the details of the business hide the real center of it . Faults ? The greatest of faults , I should say , is to be conscious of none . Readers of the Bible above all , one ...
... fact about him . On the whole , we make too much of faults ; the details of the business hide the real center of it . Faults ? The greatest of faults , I should say , is to be conscious of none . Readers of the Bible above all , one ...
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... Fact ought to fall stricken , but does not : his logic - arrow glances from it as from a scaly dragon , and the obstinate Fact keeps walking its way . How singular ! At bottom you will have to grapple closer with the dragon ; take it ...
... Fact ought to fall stricken , but does not : his logic - arrow glances from it as from a scaly dragon , and the obstinate Fact keeps walking its way . How singular ! At bottom you will have to grapple closer with the dragon ; take it ...
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... fact ! Thou art of those great ones whose greatness the small passer- by does not discern . Thy very stupidity is ... Facts ; Facts to be wrestled down only by the real vigor of Roman thews ! As for me , I honor , in these loud- babbling ...
... fact ! Thou art of those great ones whose greatness the small passer- by does not discern . Thy very stupidity is ... Facts ; Facts to be wrestled down only by the real vigor of Roman thews ! As for me , I honor , in these loud- babbling ...
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