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Page 20
... feel , -or how my wife might feel , if we were left unbedecked . it is , the man of letters who would be selected for titular honour , if such bestowal of hon- ours were customary , receives from the gen- eral respect of those around ...
... feel , -or how my wife might feel , if we were left unbedecked . it is , the man of letters who would be selected for titular honour , if such bestowal of hon- ours were customary , receives from the gen- eral respect of those around ...
Page 23
... feels that the world is using him with extreme injustice . The more absolutely he fails , the higher , it is probable , he will reckon his own merits ; and the keener will be the sense of injury in that he whose work is of so high a ...
... feels that the world is using him with extreme injustice . The more absolutely he fails , the higher , it is probable , he will reckon his own merits ; and the keener will be the sense of injury in that he whose work is of so high a ...
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... feel that there is still wanting to them a just appreciation of the excellence of their calling , and a general under- standing of the high nature of the work which they perform . By the common consent of all mankind who have read ...
... feel that there is still wanting to them a just appreciation of the excellence of their calling , and a general under- standing of the high nature of the work which they perform . By the common consent of all mankind who have read ...
Page 29
... feeling which is very prevalent , that novels at their best are but innocent . Young men and women , -and old men and women too , read more of them than of poetry , because such reading is easier than the reading of poetry ; but they ...
... feeling which is very prevalent , that novels at their best are but innocent . Young men and women , -and old men and women too , read more of them than of poetry , because such reading is easier than the reading of poetry ; but they ...
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... feels that he has the power , and which when spoken or drawn would be alluring . The regions of absolute vice are foul and odious . The savour of them , till custom has hardened the palate and the nose , is disgusting . In these he will ...
... feels that he has the power , and which when spoken or drawn would be alluring . The regions of absolute vice are foul and odious . The savour of them , till custom has hardened the palate and the nose , is disgusting . In these he will ...
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