Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson: With an Introduction by William Lyon Phelps ...C. Scribner's sons, 1918 - 16 páginas |
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... Young poets and romancers love to dwell on thoughts of death and the grave , but their reflections are usually largely composed of self - pity ; a form of indulgence which is dangerously near cowardice . Now just as Stevenson's ...
... Young poets and romancers love to dwell on thoughts of death and the grave , but their reflections are usually largely composed of self - pity ; a form of indulgence which is dangerously near cowardice . Now just as Stevenson's ...
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... young Scot should have been able to make so many new observations on a theme so old as Life . But that is always the wonder of genius ; one can understand how a violinist , born with supple fingers and perfect ears , can master the ...
... young Scot should have been able to make so many new observations on a theme so old as Life . But that is always the wonder of genius ; one can understand how a violinist , born with supple fingers and perfect ears , can master the ...
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... young and strong and passionate , if the actual present shall be to him always like a thing read in a book or remembered out of the far - away past ; if , in fact , this be veritably night- fall , he will not wish greatly for the ...
... young and strong and passionate , if the actual present shall be to him always like a thing read in a book or remembered out of the far - away past ; if , in fact , this be veritably night- fall , he will not wish greatly for the ...
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... young man feels himself one too many in the world ; his is a painful situation ; he has no calling ; no obvious utility ; no ties , but to his parents , and these he is sure to disregard . I do not think that a proper allowance has been ...
... young man feels himself one too many in the world ; his is a painful situation ; he has no calling ; no obvious utility ; no ties , but to his parents , and these he is sure to disregard . I do not think that a proper allowance has been ...
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... young man was telling me the sweet story of his loves . " I like it well enough as long as her sisters are there , " said this amorous swain ; " but I don't know what to do when we're alone . " Once more : A married lady was debating ...
... young man was telling me the sweet story of his loves . " I like it well enough as long as her sisters are there , " said this amorous swain ; " but I don't know what to do when we're alone . " Once more : A married lady was debating ...
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