The Literary Essay in EnglishGinn, 1923 - 260 pages |
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... wisdom in ourselves . - SPALDING BACKGROUND The constellations in the literary firmament were most propitiously arranged when the essay was born into the fine old family of English literature . Let us not imagine , however , that the ...
... wisdom in ourselves . - SPALDING BACKGROUND The constellations in the literary firmament were most propitiously arranged when the essay was born into the fine old family of English literature . Let us not imagine , however , that the ...
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... wisdom ; within the same walls the priest practiced the mysteries of his religion and inculcated the rudiments of literature ; and to these centers of ' light and leading , ' the whole studious youth of Europe flocked . " The poor ...
... wisdom ; within the same walls the priest practiced the mysteries of his religion and inculcated the rudiments of literature ; and to these centers of ' light and leading , ' the whole studious youth of Europe flocked . " The poor ...
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... Wisdom and the Book of Proverbs , is obvious . DEFINITION The wisest man of all times tells us in his proverbs that words of wisdom spoken in due time are " like apples of gold on beds of silver , " and that the minds of those who ...
... Wisdom and the Book of Proverbs , is obvious . DEFINITION The wisest man of all times tells us in his proverbs that words of wisdom spoken in due time are " like apples of gold on beds of silver , " and that the minds of those who ...
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... wisdom the unflattering but universal truth compacted into the short sentence " Many men believe not themselves what they would persuade others ; and less do the things , which they would impose on others , " and there is 36 THE ...
... wisdom the unflattering but universal truth compacted into the short sentence " Many men believe not themselves what they would persuade others ; and less do the things , which they would impose on others , " and there is 36 THE ...
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... wisdom old as the hills and young as the lark's first matin song . More than any other country America may be said to have produced a uniquely typi- cal son ; more than any other country she has taught that son the wisdom of economy of ...
... wisdom old as the hills and young as the lark's first matin song . More than any other country America may be said to have produced a uniquely typi- cal son ; more than any other country she has taught that son the wisdom of economy of ...
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