Essays on Social Subjects: From the Saturday ReviewW. Blackwood and Sons, 1864 - 305 sider |
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... person is an eyesore . They feel the promptings of an impulse akin to that which made the Roman Emperor , seeing a fat and jovial senator enjoying himself in the amphitheatre , bid his attend- ants put a sword in that man's hand and ...
... person is an eyesore . They feel the promptings of an impulse akin to that which made the Roman Emperor , seeing a fat and jovial senator enjoying himself in the amphitheatre , bid his attend- ants put a sword in that man's hand and ...
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... persons are im- pervious to snubs . Sam Weller is represented as re- ceiving one from his master ( we need not say well merited ) with perfect smiling serenity . So are the happy few gifted with the power of repartee and re- joinder ...
... persons are im- pervious to snubs . Sam Weller is represented as re- ceiving one from his master ( we need not say well merited ) with perfect smiling serenity . So are the happy few gifted with the power of repartee and re- joinder ...
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... person of ordinary modesty , not gifted with self - reliance , not confident of his position , cannot show himself to advantage under such circum- stances ; and thus men are encouraged in their self- esteem by the consequences of their ...
... person of ordinary modesty , not gifted with self - reliance , not confident of his position , cannot show himself to advantage under such circum- stances ; and thus men are encouraged in their self- esteem by the consequences of their ...
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... person , a test and gauge of mortal powers , a discoverer of the limits of human thought . And if there is satis- faction in these voyages into unfathomable seas , there is another form of ignorance which surely supplies heartier ...
... person , a test and gauge of mortal powers , a discoverer of the limits of human thought . And if there is satis- faction in these voyages into unfathomable seas , there is another form of ignorance which surely supplies heartier ...
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... person will put it to the test . We do now and then come upon a questioner , a self - elected social inspector , who does by society what a malignant school inspector does by a class - lay himself out to find , not what they do know ...
... person will put it to the test . We do now and then come upon a questioner , a self - elected social inspector , who does by society what a malignant school inspector does by a class - lay himself out to find , not what they do know ...
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Essays on Social Subjects from the Saturday Review: Second Series Anne Mozley Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1865 |
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acquaintances action Adam Bede ALEXANDER KEITH JOHNSTON amused attention Author character Charles Lamb choice cloth conscious constancy contempt course Crown 8vo DAVID PAGE disagreeable things doubt Dr Johnson dull dulness Engravings experience expression eyes fact false shame Fcap feeling folly fool foolish friends friendship GEORGE ELIOT give habit heart History hugger-mugger human idea ignorance indulge influence instinct intercourse interest JOHN GALT JOHN HILL BURTON JOHN TULLOCH judgment labour live look means memory ment mind mistakes moral motives nature never notion ourselves pain perhaps persons pleasure prejudices Professor qualities realise reason recognise reserve SAMUEL WARREN scenes Scotland SCOTT BURN Second Edition sense shirk SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON snub social society sort spirit stand sure sympathy talk taste tell temper THOMAS AIRD thought tion truth vanity vols weak wise words
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