Comparative Essays Present and PastWarren W. Read |
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... person ; so also the accent , or turn of ex- pression of a single sentence , will at once mark a scholar . And this is so strongly felt , so conclusively admitted , by educated persons , that a false accent or a mistaken syl- lable is ...
... person ; so also the accent , or turn of ex- pression of a single sentence , will at once mark a scholar . And this is so strongly felt , so conclusively admitted , by educated persons , that a false accent or a mistaken syl- lable is ...
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... person looking down the street from one extremity . Now in all cases , unless the person has happened to observe in pictures how it is that artists produce these effects , he will be utterly unable to make the smallest approximation to ...
... person looking down the street from one extremity . Now in all cases , unless the person has happened to observe in pictures how it is that artists produce these effects , he will be utterly unable to make the smallest approximation to ...
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... person treats a person according to a scientific method as if he were a thing . Now , in dealing with a thing , you must first find out what it is , and then act accordingly . But with a person , you must first find out what he is and ...
... person treats a person according to a scientific method as if he were a thing . Now , in dealing with a thing , you must first find out what it is , and then act accordingly . But with a person , you must first find out what he is and ...
Contents
ON GOING A JOURNEY William Hazlitt | 7 |
HOLIDAY John Galsworthy | 18 |
OF FRIENDSHIP Francis Bacon | 25 |
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