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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...the toe," to hold up his head higher than usual (having acquired a habit of poring over books when young), and to get a new velvet collar to an old-fashioned great-coat. These are the graceful ornaments to the columns of a newspaper, the Corinthian capitals of a polished style!" Don't you remember," says Gray, in one of his letters, " Lord C and Lord M, who are now great statesmen, little dirty boys playing at cricket 1 For my own part, I don't feel myself a bit taller or older or wiser than I did then." It is no wonder that a poet who thought in this manner of himself was hunted from college to college; that he left. so few precious specimens of his fine powers, and shrunk from his reputation into a silent grave. Take, again, the learned professions. Paul Louis Courier tells us that the greatest Greek scholar of his time, from his lack of worldly tact, failed to obtain any of the appointments destined for scholars; while his successful rival--Greek professor, Greek librarian, Greek academician--saw that study led to nothing, and preferred having ten scholars' situations to qualifying himself for one that he had not. The time and toil which the one student devoted to books the other devoted to ingratiating himself with the dispensers of patronage, and in rendering them good offices which had no connection with the Greek tongue. Such is too often the result; the scholar gets learning, the office-seeker position and patronage. Those of our readers who are familiar with the brilliant comedies of Sheridan will not forget his great statesman who gained his honors simply by a shake of the head. The gentleman passed through life universally feared and respected simply on the strength of this ominous speech: "Ah! I could say something;...
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- Data di pubblicazione2012
- ISBN 10 123616430X
- ISBN 13 9781236164308
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine126
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