Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 1 |
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Page 11
... spirit to evaporate through his senses , and dreams away life in a kind of animal listlessness . An Englishman is obliged to draw upon his mind for the gratifications denied to his body , and apply to his fire - side for the warmth ...
... spirit to evaporate through his senses , and dreams away life in a kind of animal listlessness . An Englishman is obliged to draw upon his mind for the gratifications denied to his body , and apply to his fire - side for the warmth ...
Page 16
... spirit and matter , life and extinction , one organisation and an- other , are perpetually interchanging substances and natures without any annihilation of either . With all due deference to Shakspeare , " Imperial Cæsar dead and turned ...
... spirit and matter , life and extinction , one organisation and an- other , are perpetually interchanging substances and natures without any annihilation of either . With all due deference to Shakspeare , " Imperial Cæsar dead and turned ...
Page 31
... spirit , are consequently the ordinary charac- teristics of these ranks , -the taxes paid for their pri- vileges ... spirits , even to an occasional degree of playfulness and puerility . Minds capable of the greatest things can enjoy the ...
... spirit , are consequently the ordinary charac- teristics of these ranks , -the taxes paid for their pri- vileges ... spirits , even to an occasional degree of playfulness and puerility . Minds capable of the greatest things can enjoy the ...
Page 47
... spirits abroad , any fellows of pith and enterprize stirring , any champions of the aqueous infusion instead of that of the grape , we will hoist the standard of revolt against the vine - crowned Bacchus , dispossess him of his Pards to ...
... spirits abroad , any fellows of pith and enterprize stirring , any champions of the aqueous infusion instead of that of the grape , we will hoist the standard of revolt against the vine - crowned Bacchus , dispossess him of his Pards to ...
Page 58
... spirits , where they please ; Both have a right to claim as booties All those , who have evaded duties ; They roam together , hour by hour , Both seeking whom they may devour ; And since th ' inseparable two A partnership in this world ...
... spirits , where they please ; Both have a right to claim as booties All those , who have evaded duties ; They roam together , hour by hour , Both seeking whom they may devour ; And since th ' inseparable two A partnership in this world ...
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