The Beauties of Washington IrvingLea & Blanchard... for George W. Gordon, 1839 - 349 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 39
... learned lit- tle man , who was not to be daunted by the most gi- gantic word in the dictionary ; and how sagely they would deliberate upon public events some months after they had taken place . The opinions of this junto were completely ...
... learned lit- tle man , who was not to be daunted by the most gi- gantic word in the dictionary ; and how sagely they would deliberate upon public events some months after they had taken place . The opinions of this junto were completely ...
Σελίδα 61
... learned Theban , who is as much distinguished for rhyme as reason , and for good - natured credulity as serious research ; and who has recommended himself wonderfully to the good graces of the ladies , by letting them into all the gal ...
... learned Theban , who is as much distinguished for rhyme as reason , and for good - natured credulity as serious research ; and who has recommended himself wonderfully to the good graces of the ladies , by letting them into all the gal ...
Σελίδα 62
... learned men - all differ essentially from each other -and all have the same title to belief . It has ever been the task of one race of philosophers to demolish the works of their predecessors , and elevate more splendid fantasies in ...
... learned men - all differ essentially from each other -and all have the same title to belief . It has ever been the task of one race of philosophers to demolish the works of their predecessors , and elevate more splendid fantasies in ...
Σελίδα 63
... learned vagaries with the name of wisdom . Surely Socrates was right in his opinion , that phi- losophers are but a sober sort of madmen , busying- themselves in things totally incomprehensible , or which , if they could be comprehended ...
... learned vagaries with the name of wisdom . Surely Socrates was right in his opinion , that phi- losophers are but a sober sort of madmen , busying- themselves in things totally incomprehensible , or which , if they could be comprehended ...
Σελίδα 71
... learned a lesson of patience and forbearance . The movements of this inscrutable being had long been the subject of speculation at Cockloft - hall , for its inmates were full as much given to wandering as their descendants . The ...
... learned a lesson of patience and forbearance . The movements of this inscrutable being had long been the subject of speculation at Cockloft - hall , for its inmates were full as much given to wandering as their descendants . The ...
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