The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Extracts and Masterpieces from Their Writings, Comprising the Best Features of Many Celebrated Compilations, Notably the Guernsey Collection, the De Puy Collection, the Ridpath Collection, All Carefully Rev. and Arranged by a Corps of the Most Capable Scholars, Volume 21John Clark Ridpath Globe Publishing Company, 1898 - Literature |
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... human societies ; for what man who knows that he must die at twenty , or five - and - twenty - a little sooner or later - would trouble himself with ingenious or gainful arts ; or concern him- self any more with this world than just to ...
... human societies ; for what man who knows that he must die at twenty , or five - and - twenty - a little sooner or later - would trouble himself with ingenious or gainful arts ; or concern him- self any more with this world than just to ...
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... human ailment , and , like the down - east doctor , was death on fits . " I know what ringing in the ears is , " continued she ; " for my ears used to ring so bad , sometimes , as to wake Paul out of his sleep , thinking it was an alarm ...
... human ailment , and , like the down - east doctor , was death on fits . " I know what ringing in the ears is , " continued she ; " for my ears used to ring so bad , sometimes , as to wake Paul out of his sleep , thinking it was an alarm ...
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... Human life had never before seemed to him so worthy of regard , whether looked at as a whole , inspiring noble and serious reflec- tions , or viewed in detail , when each separate atom ap- pears pitiful and often ludicrous . The ...
... Human life had never before seemed to him so worthy of regard , whether looked at as a whole , inspiring noble and serious reflec- tions , or viewed in detail , when each separate atom ap- pears pitiful and often ludicrous . The ...
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... human philosophy , if we may so call it , into which he was drifting , has a tendency , at least , very different ... humanity for a few hours sunned itself on warm afternoons in sheltered walks and streets , and comforted itself into ...
... human philosophy , if we may so call it , into which he was drifting , has a tendency , at least , very different ... humanity for a few hours sunned itself on warm afternoons in sheltered walks and streets , and comforted itself into ...
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... humanity with any thought of blame ? How can we watch this restless , quivering human life , this ceaseless effort of a finite creature to attain to those things which are agreeable to its created nature , alike in all countries , under ...
... humanity with any thought of blame ? How can we watch this restless , quivering human life , this ceaseless effort of a finite creature to attain to those things which are agreeable to its created nature , alike in all countries , under ...
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