An Old Man's Thoughts about Many ThingsBell and Daldy, 1862 - 261 strán (strany) |
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... deal longer than their books will last . I do not fear that I am wearying my wearying my readers . I know that people can go on reading the dullest books for hours together , written in a style so tedious that they could not be read ...
... deal longer than their books will last . I do not fear that I am wearying my wearying my readers . I know that people can go on reading the dullest books for hours together , written in a style so tedious that they could not be read ...
Strana 7
... deal more than is worth listening to . This mention of Marcus Aurelius leads me to make a remark which the reader ought to bear in mind all through this book , and I make it now without considering whe- ther it comes in the right place ...
... deal more than is worth listening to . This mention of Marcus Aurelius leads me to make a remark which the reader ought to bear in mind all through this book , and I make it now without considering whe- ther it comes in the right place ...
Strana 13
... deal , which I can readily believe , and that it has been translated into the English tongue , which I do not deny ; but I am not going to be taken in by any recommendation of the trans- lation , for I never yet met with a translation ...
... deal , which I can readily believe , and that it has been translated into the English tongue , which I do not deny ; but I am not going to be taken in by any recommendation of the trans- lation , for I never yet met with a translation ...
Strana 16
... deal less , or ought never to have been born , I am of opinion that Don Quixote's housekeeper should have the handling of them ; or they might go , as Horace says , into the streets where pennyworths are made up of something that ...
... deal less , or ought never to have been born , I am of opinion that Don Quixote's housekeeper should have the handling of them ; or they might go , as Horace says , into the streets where pennyworths are made up of something that ...
Strana 20
... deal about nothing . Quidquid agunt homines , votum , timor , ira , voluptas , Gaudia , discursus nostri est farrago libelli ; which I leave to the reader to translate , if he can . If he cannot , I won't help him . OF THE FINAL CAUSE ...
... deal about nothing . Quidquid agunt homines , votum , timor , ira , voluptas , Gaudia , discursus nostri est farrago libelli ; which I leave to the reader to translate , if he can . If he cannot , I won't help him . OF THE FINAL CAUSE ...
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