Essays on Social Subjects: From the Saturday ReviewW. Blackwood and Sons, 1864 - 305 sider |
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... ciety , it serves him . Something comes of the trans- action ; which cannot always be said of the mere fancy work done for honour and glory , or even for the gratu- itous benefit of the human species . We believe the 2 BUSY PEOPLE .
... ciety , it serves him . Something comes of the trans- action ; which cannot always be said of the mere fancy work done for honour and glory , or even for the gratu- itous benefit of the human species . We believe the 2 BUSY PEOPLE .
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From the Saturday Review. itous benefit of the human species . We believe the world of writers , on whom men rely for their daily supply of teaching and amusement , would be " utterly consumed by sharp distress " at the emptiness and ...
From the Saturday Review. itous benefit of the human species . We believe the world of writers , on whom men rely for their daily supply of teaching and amusement , would be " utterly consumed by sharp distress " at the emptiness and ...
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... any sudden wound on your friend's self - love . Do not put him , on your behalf , on the duty of Christian for- giveness . Allow him to rest in some ignorance of your B opinion , even though he may believe it more to SNUBBING . 17.
... any sudden wound on your friend's self - love . Do not put him , on your behalf , on the duty of Christian for- giveness . Allow him to rest in some ignorance of your B opinion , even though he may believe it more to SNUBBING . 17.
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From the Saturday Review. opinion , even though he may believe it more to his ad- vantage than it happens to be . Submit to be incom- plete ; sacrifice the pleasure of being sharp and acute at his expense ; for it is very certain that he ...
From the Saturday Review. opinion , even though he may believe it more to his ad- vantage than it happens to be . Submit to be incom- plete ; sacrifice the pleasure of being sharp and acute at his expense ; for it is very certain that he ...
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... in- genuous days when the memory still tingles with exa- minations , when we have not ceased to believe in the knowledge of everybody else , when the phrases , " What every schoolboy knows , " or " What every schoolboy 22 IGNORANCE .
... in- genuous days when the memory still tingles with exa- minations , when we have not ceased to believe in the knowledge of everybody else , when the phrases , " What every schoolboy knows , " or " What every schoolboy 22 IGNORANCE .
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