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Page 222
... human face had mixed often in my dreams , but not despotically , nor with any special power of tor- menting . But now that which I have called the tyranny of the human face began to unfold itself . Perhaps some part of my London life ...
... human face had mixed often in my dreams , but not despotically , nor with any special power of tor- menting . But now that which I have called the tyranny of the human face began to unfold itself . Perhaps some part of my London life ...
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... human affairs , and of human thoughts ; we have neither words nor comparisons to make them known by . The greatest pomp and magnificence of the Emperors of the East , in their armies , in their triumphs , in their inaugurations , is but ...
... human affairs , and of human thoughts ; we have neither words nor comparisons to make them known by . The greatest pomp and magnificence of the Emperors of the East , in their armies , in their triumphs , in their inaugurations , is but ...
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... human beings join with him , rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion . Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all ...
... human beings join with him , rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion . Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all ...
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DAY SUBJECT 119 Of Improving by good Examples | 5 |
Primitive Christians | 9 |
Summer | 14 |
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