The Bee and Other EssaysHumphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1914 - 416 pagina's |
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Pagina 11
... says this writer to Mr. Voltaire , ' you ' were entertained by the King of Prussia as a buffoon , ' but Maupertuis as a philosopher . ' It is certain that the preference which this royal scholar gave to Maupertuis was the cause of ...
... says this writer to Mr. Voltaire , ' you ' were entertained by the King of Prussia as a buffoon , ' but Maupertuis as a philosopher . ' It is certain that the preference which this royal scholar gave to Maupertuis was the cause of ...
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... say , were princes , could such men be found to instruct them ; but those to whom such an education is generally entrusted , are men who themselves have acted in a sphere too high to know mankind . Puffed up themselves with ideas of ...
... say , were princes , could such men be found to instruct them ; but those to whom such an education is generally entrusted , are men who themselves have acted in a sphere too high to know mankind . Puffed up themselves with ideas of ...
Pagina 19
... say , he saw twenty very ugly fellows whenever he did so . NUMBER III . SATURDAY , October 20 , 1759 . THE HISTORY OF HYPATIA MAN , when secluded from society , is not a more solitary being than the woman who leaves the duties of her ...
... say , he saw twenty very ugly fellows whenever he did so . NUMBER III . SATURDAY , October 20 , 1759 . THE HISTORY OF HYPATIA MAN , when secluded from society , is not a more solitary being than the woman who leaves the duties of her ...
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... say , attended by a crowd of villains , waited for Hypatia , as she was returning from a visit , at her own door , seized her as she was going in , and dragged her to one of the churches called Cesarea , where , stripping her in the ...
... say , attended by a crowd of villains , waited for Hypatia , as she was returning from a visit , at her own door , seized her as she was going in , and dragged her to one of the churches called Cesarea , where , stripping her in the ...
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... says the minister , I knew my friends would make a bustle ; ' all petitioning the king for my restoration , I presume ? ' ' No , Sir , ' replied the messenger , ' they are only petitioning ' his majesty to be put in your place . ' In ...
... says the minister , I knew my friends would make a bustle ; ' all petitioning the king for my restoration , I presume ? ' ' No , Sir , ' replied the messenger , ' they are only petitioning ' his majesty to be put in your place . ' In ...
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