Specimens of the Table TalkJ. Grant, 1905 - 351 страници |
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... writing , as well as I could , the principal topics of his conversation in his own words . I had no settled design at that time of continuing the work , but simply made the note in something like a spirit of vexation that such a strain ...
... writing , as well as I could , the principal topics of his conversation in his own words . I had no settled design at that time of continuing the work , but simply made the note in something like a spirit of vexation that such a strain ...
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... writer ; but Lamb's inspired charity- boy of twelve years of age continued to his dying day , when sixty - two , the eloquent centre of all companies , and the standard of intellectual greatness to hundreds of affectionate disciples far ...
... writer ; but Lamb's inspired charity- boy of twelve years of age continued to his dying day , when sixty - two , the eloquent centre of all companies , and the standard of intellectual greatness to hundreds of affectionate disciples far ...
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... write best when calm , and exerting themselves upon subjects unconnected with party . Burke rarely shows all his powers , unless where he is in a passion . The French Revolution * See p . 26. Mr. Coleridge meant in both these passages ...
... write best when calm , and exerting themselves upon subjects unconnected with party . Burke rarely shows all his powers , unless where he is in a passion . The French Revolution * See p . 26. Mr. Coleridge meant in both these passages ...
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... writes more par- ticularly for the dialectic understanding ; and proves those doctrines , which were capable of such proof , by common logic . St. John used the term ó Aóyos technically . Philo- Judæus had so used it several years ...
... writes more par- ticularly for the dialectic understanding ; and proves those doctrines , which were capable of such proof , by common logic . St. John used the term ó Aóyos technically . Philo- Judæus had so used it several years ...
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... write on his forehead , " Warehouse to let ! " He always dealt too much in generalities for a lawyer . He is deficient in power in applying his principles to the points in debate . I remember Robert Smith had much more logical ability ...
... write on his forehead , " Warehouse to let ! " He always dealt too much in generalities for a lawyer . He is deficient in power in applying his principles to the points in debate . I remember Robert Smith had much more logical ability ...
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