Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists ...G. P. Putnam's sons, 1883 |
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... object is attained , and beyond comparison more effectually , by so cheap an instrument as a common newspaper ; before this talisman , not only devils but ghosts , vampires , witches , and all their kindred tribes , are driven out of ...
... object is attained , and beyond comparison more effectually , by so cheap an instrument as a common newspaper ; before this talisman , not only devils but ghosts , vampires , witches , and all their kindred tribes , are driven out of ...
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... object of laudatory personalities is to effect the rejection of a measure on account of the alleged good character of those who oppose it , and the argument advanced is : ' The measure is rendered unnecessary by the virtues of those who ...
... object of laudatory personalities is to effect the rejection of a measure on account of the alleged good character of those who oppose it , and the argument advanced is : ' The measure is rendered unnecessary by the virtues of those who ...
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... objects of their envy ; your institutions , models of their imitation . ” — It is not the desire to look to the bright side that is blamed , but when a particular suffering , pro- duced by an assigned cause , has been pointed out , the ...
... objects of their envy ; your institutions , models of their imitation . ” — It is not the desire to look to the bright side that is blamed , but when a particular suffering , pro- duced by an assigned cause , has been pointed out , the ...
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THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE By W Irving | 3 |
THE WORLD OF BOOKS | 25 |
IMPERFECT SYMPATHIES | 43 |
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