The man without a profession1844 |
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... wasteful competition of splendour and political power with the dispensers of large and influential revenues . Respected by all around them , their position was that golden mean of life which is alike removed WITHOUT A PROFESSION . 15.
... wasteful competition of splendour and political power with the dispensers of large and influential revenues . Respected by all around them , their position was that golden mean of life which is alike removed WITHOUT A PROFESSION . 15.
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... political writers - Machiavelli , for instance-- can be as well read in their translations . But still the Spanish is a magnificent language ; and the Italian will ever be the language of poetry , and it is the language of a beautiful ...
... political writers - Machiavelli , for instance-- can be as well read in their translations . But still the Spanish is a magnificent language ; and the Italian will ever be the language of poetry , and it is the language of a beautiful ...
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... political and military knowledge as had come within the sphere of a jehu's ob- servation during some of Napoleon's campaigns . Thence proceeding by the way of Eindhoven , Loemel , Hechtel , and Winterslagh , they reached Maestricht ...
... political and military knowledge as had come within the sphere of a jehu's ob- servation during some of Napoleon's campaigns . Thence proceeding by the way of Eindhoven , Loemel , Hechtel , and Winterslagh , they reached Maestricht ...
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... political exigencies and other painful considerations , those who then observed him recalled to mind the air of exhaustion and fixed sadness which Lord Castlereagh bore on that memorable night of state festivity at Aix - la - Chapelle ...
... political exigencies and other painful considerations , those who then observed him recalled to mind the air of exhaustion and fixed sadness which Lord Castlereagh bore on that memorable night of state festivity at Aix - la - Chapelle ...
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... political and diplomatic movements with his feet , with a most painful attention , it seemed , to the num- ber , measure , and quality of his evolutions . The plain - looking gentleman , after execut- ing some steps with much ...
... political and diplomatic movements with his feet , with a most painful attention , it seemed , to the num- ber , measure , and quality of his evolutions . The plain - looking gentleman , after execut- ing some steps with much ...
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Страница 24 - A stranger yet to pain ! I feel the gales, that from ye blow, A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to sooth, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Страница 42 - What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed, Or urge the flying ball ? While some on earnest business bent Their murm'ring labours ply 'Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry; Still as they rim they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind.
Страница 86 - Man is a vapour, full of woes; he cuts a caper, and down he goes.' Voila, la vie! The curtain drops, and there's an end." " And there's an end of the candle...
Страница 165 - ... 1844 novel The Man Without a Profession, an experienced London journalist, Mr. Seedy, gives a young novelist advice about the publishing industry: the sale of a work depends not on the merits of the book, but on the personal reputation of the author ... so that an author must write several works . . . before his name becomes popular. Then, when his name is up, he may for some time sell anything that is not positively and glaringly bad . . . When the name of an author is well up, he can obtain...