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... ment , although he may have little or no real taste for music . The author who can produce several works simultaneously , and turn out three - volume novels with the greatest celerity , is congratulated on his capacity , although half ...
... ment , although he may have little or no real taste for music . The author who can produce several works simultaneously , and turn out three - volume novels with the greatest celerity , is congratulated on his capacity , although half ...
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... ment of man's estate and fancied freedom to a youth -rivets the attention and diverts it from the road by which it will have to be reached , then the desired object seems near . The impression is in each case D directly dependent on the ...
... ment of man's estate and fancied freedom to a youth -rivets the attention and diverts it from the road by which it will have to be reached , then the desired object seems near . The impression is in each case D directly dependent on the ...
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... ment and weariness . None of us can avoid the daily practice of time- measuring . Those who affect to take no heed of time are either worried by the slow progress it seems to make or apt to be taken unawares by the discovery of the ...
... ment and weariness . None of us can avoid the daily practice of time- measuring . Those who affect to take no heed of time are either worried by the slow progress it seems to make or apt to be taken unawares by the discovery of the ...
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... ment , or any object of taste , submitted as a means of gratification or happiness at different periods . The faculty of enjoyment is personal , just as the power of producing a particular sound is located in a musical instrument . A ...
... ment , or any object of taste , submitted as a means of gratification or happiness at different periods . The faculty of enjoyment is personal , just as the power of producing a particular sound is located in a musical instrument . A ...
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... ment from the contemplation of varieties of figure . and colour which he is accustomed to regard as the indications of disease . In the same way and from the same cause , as the observant generally grow more experienced they lose the ...
... ment from the contemplation of varieties of figure . and colour which he is accustomed to regard as the indications of disease . In the same way and from the same cause , as the observant generally grow more experienced they lose the ...
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