Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 2 |
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Page 38
... perpetual stimulus , combining in the mind of the artist the excitement of devotion with the certainty of worldly remuneration ; a conjunction of motives to which England must have recourse , if she ever hopes , in this respect , to ...
... perpetual stimulus , combining in the mind of the artist the excitement of devotion with the certainty of worldly remuneration ; a conjunction of motives to which England must have recourse , if she ever hopes , in this respect , to ...
Page 43
... perpetual and childish warfare , they were chopping at each other's heads with logic , and pelt- ing one another with words , they would have been simply contemptible and ridiculous , had they not at the same time endeavoured , with a ...
... perpetual and childish warfare , they were chopping at each other's heads with logic , and pelt- ing one another with words , they would have been simply contemptible and ridiculous , had they not at the same time endeavoured , with a ...
Page 60
... perpetual novelty . Christianity has adopted one cordial and endearing emblem , which gracefully succeeds to the winged Aurelia of the an- cients ; I mean the cherubs ' heads , engraved upon our tombs . I love to see them fluttering ...
... perpetual novelty . Christianity has adopted one cordial and endearing emblem , which gracefully succeeds to the winged Aurelia of the an- cients ; I mean the cherubs ' heads , engraved upon our tombs . I love to see them fluttering ...
Page 67
... perpetual scolds with Betty , For the main objects of her life Were two , and form'd her daily trade , - To cram herself , and starve her maid- For one no savings were too petty , S For t'other no tid - bit too nice . After MILLER ...
... perpetual scolds with Betty , For the main objects of her life Were two , and form'd her daily trade , - To cram herself , and starve her maid- For one no savings were too petty , S For t'other no tid - bit too nice . After MILLER ...
Page 107
... perpetual stream of noise , under every possible variety which the modulation of air can produce . Even in my sleep I have a constant singing in my head ; the nerves of my brain , like an Ĉolian harp , vibrate of themselves ; and if I ...
... perpetual stream of noise , under every possible variety which the modulation of air can produce . Even in my sleep I have a constant singing in my head ; the nerves of my brain , like an Ĉolian harp , vibrate of themselves ; and if I ...
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