Copeland's Treasury for Booklovers: A Panorama of English and American Poetry and Prose from the Earliest Times to the Present, Volume 1 |
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BACON AS AN ESSAYIST In Bacon's Essay , “ Of Discourse , " one of the brief original ten , printed in 1597 , the author says : “ To use too many circumstances ere one come to the matter , is wearisome ; to use none at all is blunt .
BACON AS AN ESSAYIST In Bacon's Essay , “ Of Discourse , " one of the brief original ten , printed in 1597 , the author says : “ To use too many circumstances ere one come to the matter , is wearisome ; to use none at all is blunt .
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Now , mother , what's the matter ? Queen . Hamlet , thou hast thy father much offended . Ham . Mother , you have my father much offended . Queen . Come , come , you answer with an idle tongue . Ham . Go , go , you question with a wicked ...
Now , mother , what's the matter ? Queen . Hamlet , thou hast thy father much offended . Ham . Mother , you have my father much offended . Queen . Come , come , you answer with an idle tongue . Ham . Go , go , you question with a wicked ...
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And this he made matter of conscience , since he knew the king made choice of him before other men especially because he thought him more honest than other men . The other was , lest he might be thought to avoid it out of fear to do an ...
And this he made matter of conscience , since he knew the king made choice of him before other men especially because he thought him more honest than other men . The other was , lest he might be thought to avoid it out of fear to do an ...
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