Selected Short Stories of Sinclair LewisDoubleday, Doran & Company, 1837 - 426 Seiten |
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... fame is acquired in solitude . And the historian , who only views him at a distance , must be content with a dry detail of actions by which he is scarcely distinguished from the rest of mankind . But we are fond of talking of those who ...
... fame is acquired in solitude . And the historian , who only views him at a distance , must be content with a dry detail of actions by which he is scarcely distinguished from the rest of mankind . But we are fond of talking of those who ...
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... fame is increased by time , it is then too late to investigate the peculiarities of his disposition ; the dews of the morning are past , and we vainly try to continue the chase by the meridian splendour . There is scarcely any man but ...
... fame is increased by time , it is then too late to investigate the peculiarities of his disposition ; the dews of the morning are past , and we vainly try to continue the chase by the meridian splendour . There is scarcely any man but ...
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... fame enough to serve for an annuity for my own time , though I leave nothing to pos- terity . you . « I beg our correspondence may be more frequent than it has been of late . I am sure my esteem and love for you never more deserved it ...
... fame enough to serve for an annuity for my own time , though I leave nothing to pos- terity . you . « I beg our correspondence may be more frequent than it has been of late . I am sure my esteem and love for you never more deserved it ...
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... fame , and grew stronger by conjunction . Nor was Pope the only person to whom Parnell had recourse for assistance . We learn from Swift's letters to Stella , that he submitted his pieces to all his friends , and readily adopted their ...
... fame , and grew stronger by conjunction . Nor was Pope the only person to whom Parnell had recourse for assistance . We learn from Swift's letters to Stella , that he submitted his pieces to all his friends , and readily adopted their ...
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... fame equal to what most of his contemporaries were a long life in acquiring . He is only to be considered as a poet ; and the universal esteem in which his poems are held , and the reiterated pleasure they give in the perusal , are a ...
... fame equal to what most of his contemporaries were a long life in acquiring . He is only to be considered as a poet ; and the universal esteem in which his poems are held , and the reiterated pleasure they give in the perusal , are a ...
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acquainted admiration Æneid agreeable Alcander amusement appearance Asem Battersea beauty began Bidderman called character comedy continued David Mallet David Rizzio death distress dress Duke Duke of Ormond Earl of Mar eloquence employed endeavoured enemy England English ESSAY excellent eyes fame favour fond fortune friends friendship gave genius gentleman give hand happiness Homer honour humour Iliad imagination imitation justice king knew labour lady language learning letters lived Lord Bolingbroke mankind manner means merit mind nature never obliged observed occasion once Parnell party passion perceive Pergolese perhaps person philosopher pleased pleasure poet poetry polite Pope possessed praise present Pretender Pretender's racter received resolved retired ridiculous Saracen says Scotland Scribblerus Club seemed seldom society soon superiour taste thing thought tion tories Virgil virtue VISCOUNT BOLINGBROKE whigs whole word writing Zoilus