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Page 161
... desire to be made captain only because he knows he can manage the ship better than any other sailor on board ; he wants to be made captain that he may be called captain . The clergyman does not usually want to be made a bishop only ...
... desire to be made captain only because he knows he can manage the ship better than any other sailor on board ; he wants to be made captain that he may be called captain . The clergyman does not usually want to be made a bishop only ...
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... desire to take in this company of the dead . " The place you desire , " and the place you fit yourself for , I must also say , because , observe , this court of the past differs from all living aristocracy in this , —it is open to labor ...
... desire to take in this company of the dead . " The place you desire , " and the place you fit yourself for , I must also say , because , observe , this court of the past differs from all living aristocracy in this , —it is open to labor ...
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... desire to acquire or retain in undue measure , beyond the order of reason . " Possibly no one has ever believed that he committed this sin , that there was anything un- reasonable in his desires , or undue in their measure of ...
... desire to acquire or retain in undue measure , beyond the order of reason . " Possibly no one has ever believed that he committed this sin , that there was anything un- reasonable in his desires , or undue in their measure of ...
Contents
ON GOING A JOURNEY William Hazlitt | 7 |
HOLIDAY John Galsworthy | 18 |
OF FRIENDSHIP Francis Bacon | 25 |
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