Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists ...G. P. Putnam's sons, 1883 |
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... intellectual power assembled upon the same arena . Intellectual graces of the highest order may perish and confound each other when exercised in a spirit of ill 64 THOMAS DE QUINCE Y.
... intellectual power assembled upon the same arena . Intellectual graces of the highest order may perish and confound each other when exercised in a spirit of ill 64 THOMAS DE QUINCE Y.
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... intellectual weakness , or of a contempt for the understanding of those on whose minds they are destined to oper- ate . " 8. On the part of those on whom they operate , they are indicative of intellectual weakness ; and on the part of ...
... intellectual weakness , or of a contempt for the understanding of those on whose minds they are destined to oper- ate . " 8. On the part of those on whom they operate , they are indicative of intellectual weakness ; and on the part of ...
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... intellectual , in the gifted few , are highest in a society where the average interest , curiosity , capacity , are all highest . The moral of this for you and for me is plain . We cannot , like Beethoven or Handel , lift the soul by ...
... intellectual , in the gifted few , are highest in a society where the average interest , curiosity , capacity , are all highest . The moral of this for you and for me is plain . We cannot , like Beethoven or Handel , lift the soul by ...
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THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE By W Irving | 3 |
THE WORLD OF BOOKS | 25 |
IMPERFECT SYMPATHIES | 43 |
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