The Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopædia of Universal Authorship: Selected from the Standard Authors of All Nations and All Time, Volume 6Ainsworth Rand Spofford Gebbie & Company, 1888 - Literature |
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Page 110
... nature . For nature is often a conventional term . What is as natural to one man as to breathe , would be , and seems , to another the spasm of imbecile agony . Consequently , the ornate writer cannot often believe himself or- nate ...
... nature . For nature is often a conventional term . What is as natural to one man as to breathe , would be , and seems , to another the spasm of imbecile agony . Consequently , the ornate writer cannot often believe himself or- nate ...
Page 292
... nature grow indistinct and cold , how- ing . The tastes , affections and sentiments , ever it may be with those of books . That are more absolutely the man than his tal- this is the tendency of the New England ent or acquirements . And ...
... nature grow indistinct and cold , how- ing . The tastes , affections and sentiments , ever it may be with those of books . That are more absolutely the man than his tal- this is the tendency of the New England ent or acquirements . And ...
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... nature , is degrad- ing to that nature , and must proportionably disqualify it for reaching the end of its crea- tion . As the power of acquiring knowledge is to be ascribed to reason , so the attainment of it mightily strengthens and ...
... nature , is degrad- ing to that nature , and must proportionably disqualify it for reaching the end of its crea- tion . As the power of acquiring knowledge is to be ascribed to reason , so the attainment of it mightily strengthens and ...
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