The Greatest Book in the World: And Other PapersLittle, Brown, 1925 - 451 sivua |
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... remember that forty years ago you were the leader of a small group of young men in Philadel- phia who decided to form a club . It was to devote its energies to the study of English literature , particularly to the lesser lights thereof ...
... remember that forty years ago you were the leader of a small group of young men in Philadel- phia who decided to form a club . It was to devote its energies to the study of English literature , particularly to the lesser lights thereof ...
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... remember that when it became my turn to write an imitation of Ebenezer Elliott , the corn - law rhymer , I , having no gift for rhyming , induced you to write my imitation for me ; and that it was , nevertheless , so bad that I barely ...
... remember that when it became my turn to write an imitation of Ebenezer Elliott , the corn - law rhymer , I , having no gift for rhyming , induced you to write my imitation for me ; and that it was , nevertheless , so bad that I barely ...
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... remember how wel- come we made everyone , provided he had a real contribu- tion to make ? Have you forgotten that certain rich man who once entertained the Club at dinner , and how one of our members , sadly under the influence of his ...
... remember how wel- come we made everyone , provided he had a real contribu- tion to make ? Have you forgotten that certain rich man who once entertained the Club at dinner , and how one of our members , sadly under the influence of his ...
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... remember the round of applause which followed the fall of the auction- eer's hammer when this figure , breaking all records , was reached . But we live in days when records of all kinds are easily broken and , should such an item again ...
... remember the round of applause which followed the fall of the auction- eer's hammer when this figure , breaking all records , was reached . But we live in days when records of all kinds are easily broken and , should such an item again ...
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... remember , arranged for his own personal use a book usually called the Jefferson Bible , but which he called the " Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth , " in which the teachings of Jesus , ex- tracted in his own words from the ...
... remember , arranged for his own personal use a book usually called the Jefferson Bible , but which he called the " Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth , " in which the teachings of Jesus , ex- tracted in his own words from the ...
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Sivu 107 - When I was a lad I served a term As office boy to an Attorney's firm. I cleaned the windows and I swept the floor, And I polished up the handle of the big front door. I polished up that handle so carefullee That now I am the Ruler of the Queen's Navee!
Sivu 35 - And then consider the great historical fact that for three centuries this book has been woven into the life of all that is best and noblest in English history; that it has become the national epic of Britain, and is as familiar to noble and simple, from John o...
Sivu 363 - I have long determined that the best thing I could do was to put an end to the existence of a being whose birth was unfortunate,* and whose life has only been a series of pain to those persons who have hurt their health in endeavouring to promote her welfare.
Sivu 30 - Truly, good Christian reader, we never thought from the beginning that we should need to make a new translation, nor yet to make of a bad one a good one...
Sivu 85 - This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.
Sivu 34 - Sail forth — steer for the deep waters only, Reckless O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me, For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go, And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.
Sivu 93 - Not exactly Nahant," said Uncle Edith, "but within hailing distance of a Nahanted ship." "You just used Nahant in the first place so that you could pull that gag," said Primrose, who, up to this time, had taken no part in the conversation, not having been born.
Sivu 112 - You must get up all the germs of the transcendental terms, and plant them everywhere. You must lie upon the daisies, and discourse in novel phrases of your complicated state of mind, The meaning doesn't matter if it's only idle chatter of a transcendental kind. And...
Sivu 341 - College, who lives upon arsenic, aqua-fortis, half-an-hour's sleep in the night, and is desperately in love with the memory of Margaret Nicholson. He hath published what he terms the Posthumous Poems, printed for the benefit of Mr. Peter Finnerty, which, I am grieved to say, though stuffed full of treason...
Sivu 197 - The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.