Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 2 |
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... of the consolation of being laid with them in the tomb , of being gathered to our fathers , and of being rejoined by the children who are to follow us . All this appears ridiculous when ON THE CHOICE OF A BURIAL PLACE .
... of the consolation of being laid with them in the tomb , of being gathered to our fathers , and of being rejoined by the children who are to follow us . All this appears ridiculous when ON THE CHOICE OF A BURIAL PLACE .
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... appears ridiculous when applied to inanimate matter ; but we talk of death with the feelings of life , of another world with the inalienable affections of this . Montaigne says that the mind must be screwed to a high pitch to make it ...
... appears ridiculous when applied to inanimate matter ; but we talk of death with the feelings of life , of another world with the inalienable affections of this . Montaigne says that the mind must be screwed to a high pitch to make it ...
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... which infinitely transcends all the fantoccini , panto- mimes , or dramas , I ever beheld ; the figures appear- ing to be actuated by human passions , and exhibiting 14 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES . The Wisdom of Laughter.
... which infinitely transcends all the fantoccini , panto- mimes , or dramas , I ever beheld ; the figures appear- ing to be actuated by human passions , and exhibiting 14 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES . The Wisdom of Laughter.
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... Epsom . Though the world has very little gratitude for those who become its slaves , it hates those who appear to be independent of it . Nothing could be more inno- cent than my life , devoted as it was to 24 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
... Epsom . Though the world has very little gratitude for those who become its slaves , it hates those who appear to be independent of it . Nothing could be more inno- cent than my life , devoted as it was to 24 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
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... appears as much too long as that of Socrates is too round ? " That is Pericles , whose head , on account of its dis- proportionate length , is generally represented cover- ed with a helmet , and who , for the same reason , has received ...
... appears as much too long as that of Socrates is too round ? " That is Pericles , whose head , on account of its dis- proportionate length , is generally represented cover- ed with a helmet , and who , for the same reason , has received ...
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