Selected English EssaysWilliam Peacock |
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Page 236
... human understanding been directed to find out the true and useful ! How much ingenuity has been thrown away in the defence of creeds and systems ! How much time and talents have been wasted in theological controversy , in law , in ...
... human understanding been directed to find out the true and useful ! How much ingenuity has been thrown away in the defence of creeds and systems ! How much time and talents have been wasted in theological controversy , in law , in ...
Page 237
... human genius we should read Shakespeare . If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning we may study his commentators . THE INDIAN JUGGLERS COMING forward and seating himself on the ground in his white dress and tightened ...
... human genius we should read Shakespeare . If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning we may study his commentators . THE INDIAN JUGGLERS COMING forward and seating himself on the ground in his white dress and tightened ...
Page 530
... human being should not have sufficient , at least , of necessities . For any human being to starve , or even to be in trouble about the procuring of simple food , appears , indeed , a strange and un- accountable thing , quite upside ...
... human being should not have sufficient , at least , of necessities . For any human being to starve , or even to be in trouble about the procuring of simple food , appears , indeed , a strange and un- accountable thing , quite upside ...
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References to this book
Interpretatio: Language and Translation from Cicero to Tytler Frederick M. Rener No preview available - 1989 |
Interpretatio: Language and Translation from Cicero to Tytler Frederick M. Rener Limited preview - 1989 |