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... object of his effort — individual appreciation could be of no account . There could be but little closet - reading ... objects familiar to his auditors , and never borrowed from sources beyond their experience . And it was conse- Ancient ...
... object of his effort — individual appreciation could be of no account . There could be but little closet - reading ... objects familiar to his auditors , and never borrowed from sources beyond their experience . And it was conse- Ancient ...
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... objects around them ; and all the poetry of Scripture , however exalted the strain , is of the same character . Through the whole compass of it , I should suppose it would be hard to fix on a single allusion or simile which the meanest ...
... objects around them ; and all the poetry of Scripture , however exalted the strain , is of the same character . Through the whole compass of it , I should suppose it would be hard to fix on a single allusion or simile which the meanest ...
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... object of comparison has a ten- dency to correct its scale ; but the spirit , that is ever looking out for objects of censure , has entered on a career , whose negative character more and more breeds a dis- taste for the positive ...
... object of comparison has a ten- dency to correct its scale ; but the spirit , that is ever looking out for objects of censure , has entered on a career , whose negative character more and more breeds a dis- taste for the positive ...
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... object - the utile dulci - of being agreeable and useful , of combining pleasure with instruction , —in the pursuit of which , we shall deem all matters of general interest our proper pro- vince , except where they run into party ...
... object - the utile dulci - of being agreeable and useful , of combining pleasure with instruction , —in the pursuit of which , we shall deem all matters of general interest our proper pro- vince , except where they run into party ...
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... objects they embrace , other than complex , nor consequently other than an object of separate study , a science , in fact , the know- ledge of which can no more fall within reach of 76 On the Extension of the.
... objects they embrace , other than complex , nor consequently other than an object of separate study , a science , in fact , the know- ledge of which can no more fall within reach of 76 On the Extension of the.
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Seite 33 - When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present 5 My true account, lest he returning chide; "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?
Seite 20 - The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown...
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