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Page iii
... mind . The world is full of moss - grown places called Newtown and Newburg and Nyköbing and Neuville . It is also full of moss - grown writ- ers who once were advanced and revolutionary . If a writer is to be paraded as heterodox it has ...
... mind . The world is full of moss - grown places called Newtown and Newburg and Nyköbing and Neuville . It is also full of moss - grown writ- ers who once were advanced and revolutionary . If a writer is to be paraded as heterodox it has ...
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... mind . The vivacity of Samuel Butler's mind is astonishing . He was not brilliant in the sense that his expression was daz- zling . Dazzling writers like George Meredith were distaste- ful to him , and he felt little of their need to ...
... mind . The vivacity of Samuel Butler's mind is astonishing . He was not brilliant in the sense that his expression was daz- zling . Dazzling writers like George Meredith were distaste- ful to him , and he felt little of their need to ...
Page vi
... mind . Between the cravings of gregariousness and the exactions of his critical intelligence , then , Butler was never at a loss to decide . But this severance from the crowd was not without an emotional result . There can be no doubt ...
... mind . Between the cravings of gregariousness and the exactions of his critical intelligence , then , Butler was never at a loss to decide . But this severance from the crowd was not without an emotional result . There can be no doubt ...
Page vii
... mind . Under compulsion to think for himself , his Note - Books de- tect him in the process , and so represent the range and depth of his genius . That it was genius , though often blue in the cold of his era , there is no questioning ...
... mind . Under compulsion to think for himself , his Note - Books de- tect him in the process , and so represent the range and depth of his genius . That it was genius , though often blue in the cold of his era , there is no questioning ...
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... had an influence on the formation of his style - though here again he had no such idea in his mind when writing them ( " Style , " pp . 186-7 post ) . In one of the notes he says : " A X Preface to the Original Edition.
... had an influence on the formation of his style - though here again he had no such idea in his mind when writing them ( " Style , " pp . 186-7 post ) . In one of the notes he says : " A X Preface to the Original Edition.
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Page 203 - Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets; She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying. How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Page 203 - All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
Page 27 - OUT of the deep have I called unto thee, O LORD ; LORD, hear my voice. 0 let thine ears consider well the voice of my complaint. If thou, LORD, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss; O LORD, who may abide it ? For there is mercy with thee: therefore shalt thou be feared.
Page 162 - What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached...
Page 214 - Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed ; Teach me to die, that so I may Rise glorious at the awful day.
Page 264 - Hey, Diddle, Diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.
Page 60 - In the moral government of the world, it seems evidently necessary, that the sins of the fathers should be visited upon the children...
Page 220 - The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
Page 393 - if ever there was a sober creetur to be got at eighteen pence a day for working people, and three and six for gentlefolks - night watching,"' said Mrs Gamp with emphasis, '"being a extra charge - you are that inwallable person.
Page 217 - AN APOLOGY FOR THE DEVIL It must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.