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... thing of growth , changing with our life and circumstances : the more catholic it becomes , so much the wider will be our range of enjoyment , until our liking embraces all excellence , and adapts liking to fitness . Taste is a ...
... thing of growth , changing with our life and circumstances : the more catholic it becomes , so much the wider will be our range of enjoyment , until our liking embraces all excellence , and adapts liking to fitness . Taste is a ...
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... thing better than any other object of the same cost ? Shall I always care to look after it , and keep it clean ? " For a treasure is like a child in this , it has to be dry - nursed by oneself ... things through his perception Overture . 3.
... thing better than any other object of the same cost ? Shall I always care to look after it , and keep it clean ? " For a treasure is like a child in this , it has to be dry - nursed by oneself ... things through his perception Overture . 3.
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Florence Caddy. have nothing , yet possess all things through his perception of the harmony underlying all objects of God's creation - and the melody that floats on its surface . Delineation conveyed to the ear is learning at second ...
Florence Caddy. have nothing , yet possess all things through his perception of the harmony underlying all objects of God's creation - and the melody that floats on its surface . Delineation conveyed to the ear is learning at second ...
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... things through a poetic medium , it is part of the romance of her nature ; but knowing her as I do , I can warrant her truth to fact , fact seen through rubies , or fairily patterned Venice glass ; where the tracery comes between the ...
... things through a poetic medium , it is part of the romance of her nature ; but knowing her as I do , I can warrant her truth to fact , fact seen through rubies , or fairily patterned Venice glass ; where the tracery comes between the ...
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... things , while men are seeking the things themselves . Knowledge is pleasant , " Solomon says so ; but it is only the sugar of education ; men on all sides are looking for work , the bone - forming material . George Eliot puts into Luke ...
... things , while men are seeking the things themselves . Knowledge is pleasant , " Solomon says so ; but it is only the sugar of education ; men on all sides are looking for work , the bone - forming material . George Eliot puts into Luke ...
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