Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 17
... appears once in the atmosphere may appear often , and it was undoubtedly the archetype of that familiar ornament . I have seen in the sky a chain of summer lightning which at once showed to me that the Greeks drew from nature when they ...
... appears once in the atmosphere may appear often , and it was undoubtedly the archetype of that familiar ornament . I have seen in the sky a chain of summer lightning which at once showed to me that the Greeks drew from nature when they ...
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... Calvinistic Christianity , and exhibits him as the defier of Jove , it represents a state of mind which readily appears wherever the doctrine of Theism is taught in a crude , objective form , and which seems the self - defence HISTORY . 27.
... Calvinistic Christianity , and exhibits him as the defier of Jove , it represents a state of mind which readily appears wherever the doctrine of Theism is taught in a crude , objective form , and which seems the self - defence HISTORY . 27.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. play for , and he would beat the air and appear stu- pid . Transport him to large countries , dense pop- ulation , complex interests , and antagonist power , and you shall see that the man Napoleon , bounded , that ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. play for , and he would beat the air and appear stu- pid . Transport him to large countries , dense pop- ulation , complex interests , and antagonist power , and you shall see that the man Napoleon , bounded , that ...
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... appear- ance on parade . Their works are done as an apol- ogy or extenuation of their living in the world , invalids and the insane pay a high board . Their virtues are penances . I do not wish to expiate , but to live . My life is for ...
... appear- ance on parade . Their works are done as an apol- ogy or extenuation of their living in the world , invalids and the insane pay a high board . Their virtues are penances . I do not wish to expiate , but to live . My life is for ...
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... appear- ances , and you always may . The force of character . is cumulative . All the foregone days of virtue work their health into this . What makes the majesty of the heroes of the senate and the field , which so fills the ...
... appear- ances , and you always may . The force of character . is cumulative . All the foregone days of virtue work their health into this . What makes the majesty of the heroes of the senate and the field , which so fills the ...
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