Men, Women, and Books: A Selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs, from His Uncollected Prose Writings, Volume 2Smith, Elder and Company, 1847 - Beauty, Personal |
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... sort of im- pudence in the very modesty to own it ; for who can well dare to say that he ever feels oppressed by the genius of Shakspeare and his contempo- raries ! As if there could be any possibility of rivalry ! Who ventures to ...
... sort of im- pudence in the very modesty to own it ; for who can well dare to say that he ever feels oppressed by the genius of Shakspeare and his contempo- raries ! As if there could be any possibility of rivalry ! Who ventures to ...
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... sort above mentioned had been added the gardens of all the east , and the forests ( with all their visions ) of Greece and the feudal times . Still the house is there , furnished as aforesaid , and never to be given up . And as men ...
... sort above mentioned had been added the gardens of all the east , and the forests ( with all their visions ) of Greece and the feudal times . Still the house is there , furnished as aforesaid , and never to be given up . And as men ...
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... sort of household pleasure in our eyes , and a grasp of the volume as though some Mary Lepell , or Margaret Bellenden , or some Mary or Marianne of our own , had come into the room herself , and held out to us her cordial hand . Here ...
... sort of household pleasure in our eyes , and a grasp of the volume as though some Mary Lepell , or Margaret Bellenden , or some Mary or Marianne of our own , had come into the room herself , and held out to us her cordial hand . Here ...
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... sort of respect which this idle part of mankind , the learned , pay to their species , who are as considerable here as the busy , the gay , and the ambitious are in your world . " ' In the letter containing this extract , is one of ...
... sort of respect which this idle part of mankind , the learned , pay to their species , who are as considerable here as the busy , the gay , and the ambitious are in your world . " ' In the letter containing this extract , is one of ...
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... sort , we take them to be nothing whatsoever in the way of such love . We have seen them embodying the finest minds and most generous hearts ; and believe , in- deed , that a woman is in luck who has the wit to discern their lovability ...
... sort , we take them to be nothing whatsoever in the way of such love . We have seen them embodying the finest minds and most generous hearts ; and believe , in- deed , that a woman is in luck who has the wit to discern their lovability ...
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