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... Animal Spirits ; all so general yet particular , so demanding distinct recognition , and yet so baffling the attempt with their numbers and their confusion , that a thousand masquerades in one would have seemed to threaten less torment ...
... Animal Spirits ; all so general yet particular , so demanding distinct recognition , and yet so baffling the attempt with their numbers and their confusion , that a thousand masquerades in one would have seemed to threaten less torment ...
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... animal spirits cannot enter heartily into an extravagance . But such as are not afraid to be amused , will be . I shall give , however , but one taste of such excessive pickle . The following is a part of a song sung by a schoolmaster ...
... animal spirits cannot enter heartily into an extravagance . But such as are not afraid to be amused , will be . I shall give , however , but one taste of such excessive pickle . The following is a part of a song sung by a schoolmaster ...
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... animal spirits ; but in running the whole circle of thought , he must of necessity have gone through its darkest as ... souls out of one weaver ; " passes the " equinoctial of Queubus " ( some glorious torrid zone , lying beyond three o ...
... animal spirits ; but in running the whole circle of thought , he must of necessity have gone through its darkest as ... souls out of one weaver ; " passes the " equinoctial of Queubus " ( some glorious torrid zone , lying beyond three o ...
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N ILLUSTRATIVE ESSAY ON WIT AND HUMOR | 1 |
ELECTIONS FROM CHAUCER WITH CRITICAL NOTICE | 50 |
ELECTIONS FROM SHAKSPEARE WITH CRITICAL NOTICE | 85 |
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