Oliver GoldsmithH. Holt, 1935 - 326 pages |
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Page 17
... reason , prompted him to believe that in him lay a power to achieve real distinction ; and Heaven knows he made good that conviction through labor without limit . But the worst handicap on his ambition was his vanity . Vaguely , he ...
... reason , prompted him to believe that in him lay a power to achieve real distinction ; and Heaven knows he made good that conviction through labor without limit . But the worst handicap on his ambition was his vanity . Vaguely , he ...
Page 152
... Reason , they say , belongs to man , But let them prove it if they can . Wise Aristotle and Smiglecius , By ratiocinations specious , Have strove to prove with great precision , With definition and division , Homo est ratione præditum ...
... Reason , they say , belongs to man , But let them prove it if they can . Wise Aristotle and Smiglecius , By ratiocinations specious , Have strove to prove with great precision , With definition and division , Homo est ratione præditum ...
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... reason , or one reason , for Mr. Filby's bills . But , what principally stays with me from desultory read- ing of the " Animated Nature " is a sense of Goldsmith's great love for birds . It extended ( not so unnaturally as some may ...
... reason , or one reason , for Mr. Filby's bills . But , what principally stays with me from desultory read- ing of the " Animated Nature " is a sense of Goldsmith's great love for birds . It extended ( not so unnaturally as some may ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE SCHOOLBOY I | 1 |
THE COLLEGIAN | 20 |
IN SEARCH OF A PROFESSION | 40 |
Copyright | |
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