An Old Man's Thoughts about Many ThingsBell and Daldy, 1862 - 261 strán (strany) |
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... head quicker than they can run off at the end of my pen , I am compelled to let them come as they list , and it is better that they should jostle one ano- ther a little and come in no order at all than that the world should lose any of ...
... head quicker than they can run off at the end of my pen , I am compelled to let them come as they list , and it is better that they should jostle one ano- ther a little and come in no order at all than that the world should lose any of ...
Strana 50
... head master and his assistants , and partly on custom and fashion . They have the ele- ment of perpetuity in them , and have been and are most valuable to the country . The private school is sometimes larger than many endowed schools ...
... head master and his assistants , and partly on custom and fashion . They have the ele- ment of perpetuity in them , and have been and are most valuable to the country . The private school is sometimes larger than many endowed schools ...
Strana 66
... heads , arrogance to those below , and servility to those above them . When we find a man of rank or wealth , or both , who has some good object in life and a cultivated mind , we shall also find a man of simple tastes , and one well ...
... heads , arrogance to those below , and servility to those above them . When we find a man of rank or wealth , or both , who has some good object in life and a cultivated mind , we shall also find a man of simple tastes , and one well ...
Strana 78
... heads , I conclude that some of them were not placed there for their beauty , and that others have been admitted merely that the pedestals may not be vacant . Perhaps they may some time have to make way for heads that have something in ...
... heads , I conclude that some of them were not placed there for their beauty , and that others have been admitted merely that the pedestals may not be vacant . Perhaps they may some time have to make way for heads that have something in ...
Strana 83
... head , for the legs and body might be any legs and any body , would it not be wise to be satisfied with the head only ? This would be a great saving , and though the sculptor would get less for a head than for a head with body and legs ...
... head , for the legs and body might be any legs and any body , would it not be wise to be satisfied with the head only ? This would be a great saving , and though the sculptor would get less for a head than for a head with body and legs ...
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