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Page iii
... trouble with such phrases , indicative and ex- citing as they are , is their plain relativity to something repre- hensible that only you yourself have in mind . The world is full of moss - grown places called Newtown and Newburg and ...
... trouble with such phrases , indicative and ex- citing as they are , is their plain relativity to something repre- hensible that only you yourself have in mind . The world is full of moss - grown places called Newtown and Newburg and ...
Page x
... trouble to re - state it again from memory than to search through his “ precious indexes " for it and copy it ( " Gadshill and Trapani , " p . 194 , " At Piora , " p . 272 post ) . But he could not have re - stated a note from memory if ...
... trouble to re - state it again from memory than to search through his “ precious indexes " for it and copy it ( " Gadshill and Trapani , " p . 194 , " At Piora , " p . 272 post ) . But he could not have re - stated a note from memory if ...
Page 37
... trouble of being a sensible man and a gentleman by going to his solicitor , any more than he can get himself a sound consti- tution by going to his doctor ; but a solicitor can do more to keep a tolerably well - meaning fool straight ...
... trouble of being a sensible man and a gentleman by going to his solicitor , any more than he can get himself a sound consti- tution by going to his doctor ; but a solicitor can do more to keep a tolerably well - meaning fool straight ...
Page 55
... trouble for he is very stupid - a regular dunce in fact . Then comes his newer and more complex environment , and this puzzles him - arrests his attention - whereon conscious- ness springs into existence , as a spark from a horse's hoof ...
... trouble for he is very stupid - a regular dunce in fact . Then comes his newer and more complex environment , and this puzzles him - arrests his attention - whereon conscious- ness springs into existence , as a spark from a horse's hoof ...
Page 63
... trouble somewhere . Secondly , through the memory not reverting in full per- fection , though the circumstances are reproduced fully and accurately . Remembering When asked to remember " something " indefinitely you cannot : you look ...
... trouble somewhere . Secondly , through the memory not reverting in full per- fection , though the circumstances are reproduced fully and accurately . Remembering When asked to remember " something " indefinitely you cannot : you look ...
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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.