Knowledge is Power: A Guide to Personal CultureHutchinson, 1935 - 360 pages |
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Page 151
... heart , in amazing power of imagery , in pathos which softened the stoniest heart , in humour which set one a - laughing with irrepressible gaiety . The Old Curiosity Shop , with little Nell and her grandfather ; Dombey and Son , with ...
... heart , in amazing power of imagery , in pathos which softened the stoniest heart , in humour which set one a - laughing with irrepressible gaiety . The Old Curiosity Shop , with little Nell and her grandfather ; Dombey and Son , with ...
Page 160
... heart , bringing back to truth and honesty those who had been cast on the sea of sham . Passionate , impetuous , sometimes wrong in his judgment , but always honest , men came to look upon this rugged Scot as a modern prophet whose ...
... heart , bringing back to truth and honesty those who had been cast on the sea of sham . Passionate , impetuous , sometimes wrong in his judgment , but always honest , men came to look upon this rugged Scot as a modern prophet whose ...
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... heart , even though he could not see more clearly through the brightness of the light than through his former darkness . The Victorian Hymn It is for this reason that In Memoriam stirred the heart of the century more perhaps than any ...
... heart , even though he could not see more clearly through the brightness of the light than through his former darkness . The Victorian Hymn It is for this reason that In Memoriam stirred the heart of the century more perhaps than any ...
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