An Old Man's Thoughts about Many ThingsBell and Daldy, 1862 - 261 strán (strany) |
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... present state of things and of all books included . I am quite satisfied myself , if this book shall be read a hundred thousand years hence ; which , let me tell a great many authors who seem very proud of their works , is a great deal ...
... present state of things and of all books included . I am quite satisfied myself , if this book shall be read a hundred thousand years hence ; which , let me tell a great many authors who seem very proud of their works , is a great deal ...
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... present . All that I have said is intended to recommend my own book , because it is little , and to show my great abhorrence of big books , which ought to be little books or no books at all , and not of big books which as one may say ...
... present . All that I have said is intended to recommend my own book , because it is little , and to show my great abhorrence of big books , which ought to be little books or no books at all , and not of big books which as one may say ...
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... or stages , having myself gone through all of them except the last . But I am not so ambitious as a great French writer who under the title of Comédie Humaine designed to present a complete picture of human TO MY READERS . 19.
... or stages , having myself gone through all of them except the last . But I am not so ambitious as a great French writer who under the title of Comédie Humaine designed to present a complete picture of human TO MY READERS . 19.
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George Long. Comédie Humaine designed to present a complete picture of human society , or French society rather . I do not know if Balzac finished his undertaking . Certainly nobody could have done it except himself ; and he has done a ...
George Long. Comédie Humaine designed to present a complete picture of human society , or French society rather . I do not know if Balzac finished his undertaking . Certainly nobody could have done it except himself ; and he has done a ...
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... present constitution of the universe , it is plain that I am speaking in a finite sense , as a writer and somewhat of a reader , and that I do not mean to say that there have not been cycles in which men neither wrote nor read ; and I ...
... present constitution of the universe , it is plain that I am speaking in a finite sense , as a writer and somewhat of a reader , and that I do not mean to say that there have not been cycles in which men neither wrote nor read ; and I ...
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