A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors, Including Translations from Ancient SourcesAnna Lydia Ward |
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... genius . Five hundred and fifty - three authors and translators are represented . Their sayings are grouped under eight hundred and forty - one heads , and there are twelve hundred and thirty - eight cross references . I have ventured ...
... genius . Five hundred and fifty - three authors and translators are represented . Their sayings are grouped under eight hundred and forty - one heads , and there are twelve hundred and thirty - eight cross references . I have ventured ...
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... genius . 30 Isaac Disraeli : Literary Character of Men of Genius . Ch . 15 . Activity is contagious . 31 Emerson : Representative Men . Uses of Great Men . Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful senti- ments in the world ...
... genius . 30 Isaac Disraeli : Literary Character of Men of Genius . Ch . 15 . Activity is contagious . 31 Emerson : Representative Men . Uses of Great Men . Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful senti- ments in the world ...
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... genius , annihilating the limitation of time and space , frames the seasons of its own harvest , hangs its Nemesis on the necks of events , and freights the very flash of its auguries with the rattling thunder - peals of their execution ...
... genius , annihilating the limitation of time and space , frames the seasons of its own harvest , hangs its Nemesis on the necks of events , and freights the very flash of its auguries with the rattling thunder - peals of their execution ...
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... Genius , on the other hand , conquers instantly by its intrinsic charm . 46 William Winter : The Stage Life of Mary Anderson . Pauline . There is no richer or more abiding glory to be gained on earth than is secured in the exercise of ...
... Genius , on the other hand , conquers instantly by its intrinsic charm . 46 William Winter : The Stage Life of Mary Anderson . Pauline . There is no richer or more abiding glory to be gained on earth than is secured in the exercise of ...
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... genius there generally exists insatiable desire of honor , command , power , and glory . 97 Cicero : Offices . Bk . I. 8 . Ambition is in fact the avarice of power , and happiness herself is soon sacrificed to that very lust of dominion ...
... genius there generally exists insatiable desire of honor , command , power , and glory . 97 Cicero : Offices . Bk . I. 8 . Ambition is in fact the avarice of power , and happiness herself is soon sacrificed to that very lust of dominion ...
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