Waverley, or, 'Tis sixty years sinceJ.W. Lovell, 1899 |
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... mind more ambitious than mine ; and in entering into this new contest for reputation I might be said rather to endanger what I had than to have any con- siderable chance of acquiring more . I was affected , too , by none of those ...
... mind more ambitious than mine ; and in entering into this new contest for reputation I might be said rather to endanger what I had than to have any con- siderable chance of acquiring more . I was affected , too , by none of those ...
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... mind ; for the cup of flattery , if it does not , like that of Circe , reduce men to the level of beasts , is sure , if eagerly drained , to bring the best and the ablest down to that of fools . This risk was in some degree prevented by ...
... mind ; for the cup of flattery , if it does not , like that of Circe , reduce men to the level of beasts , is sure , if eagerly drained , to bring the best and the ablest down to that of fools . This risk was in some degree prevented by ...
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... mind deserving to be employed on a subject of much greater importance ; and I have no doubt made converts to his opinion of almost all who thought the point worthy of con- sideration . * Of those letters , and other attempts of the same ...
... mind deserving to be employed on a subject of much greater importance ; and I have no doubt made converts to his opinion of almost all who thought the point worthy of con- sideration . * Of those letters , and other attempts of the same ...
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... mind enough to maintain that the man they had seen was the shepherd . " Why did he not stop when we called to him ? " said the soldier . " He is as deaf , poor man , as a peat - stack , " answered the ready - witted domestic . " Let him ...
... mind enough to maintain that the man they had seen was the shepherd . " Why did he not stop when we called to him ? " said the soldier . " He is as deaf , poor man , as a peat - stack , " answered the ready - witted domestic . " Let him ...
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... mind for earnest investigation - an art far more essen- tial than even that intimate acquaintance with classical learn- ing which is the primary object of study . 99 I am aware I may be here reminded of the necessity of rendering ...
... mind for earnest investigation - an art far more essen- tial than even that intimate acquaintance with classical learn- ing which is the primary object of study . 99 I am aware I may be here reminded of the necessity of rendering ...
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