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... rest of mankind to look after their business , with all the time conceded to the rest of mankind to attend the games on public holidays , just as much time to cultivate these literary pursuits I take for myself ? " But it is in Cicero's ...
... rest of mankind to look after their business , with all the time conceded to the rest of mankind to attend the games on public holidays , just as much time to cultivate these literary pursuits I take for myself ? " But it is in Cicero's ...
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... rest in Nature , not the God of Nature : So both should losers be . Yet let him keep the rest , But keep them with repining restlessness : Let him be rich and weary , that at least , If goodness lead him not , yet weariness May toss him ...
... rest in Nature , not the God of Nature : So both should losers be . Yet let him keep the rest , But keep them with repining restlessness : Let him be rich and weary , that at least , If goodness lead him not , yet weariness May toss him ...
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... rest . For if a man can be par- taker of God's theater , he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest . " But in general it is in a grave and unadorned dig- nity of expression or in a pithiness of phrase that Bacon's merit lies . Of the ...
... rest . For if a man can be par- taker of God's theater , he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest . " But in general it is in a grave and unadorned dig- nity of expression or in a pithiness of phrase that Bacon's merit lies . Of the ...
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THE BEGINNINGS OF LITERATURE IN ENGLAND | 3 |
CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES | 27 |
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