Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 13
... beauty as of temperance itself , limited to the straight line and the square , — a builded geometry . Then we have it once again in sculpture , the " tongue on the balance of expression , " a multitude of forms in the utmost freedom of ...
... beauty as of temperance itself , limited to the straight line and the square , — a builded geometry . Then we have it once again in sculpture , the " tongue on the balance of expression , " a multitude of forms in the utmost freedom of ...
Page 19
... beauty . In like manner , all public facts are to be individ- ualized , all private facts are to be generalized . Then at once History becomes fluid and true , and Biogra- phy deep and sublime . As the Persian imitated in the slender ...
... beauty . In like manner , all public facts are to be individ- ualized , all private facts are to be generalized . Then at once History becomes fluid and true , and Biogra- phy deep and sublime . As the Persian imitated in the slender ...
Page 56
... beauty even into trivial and im- pure actions , if the least mark of independence ap- pear ? The inquiry leads us to that source , at once the essence of genius , of virtue , and of life , which we call Spontaneity or Instinct . We ...
... beauty even into trivial and im- pure actions , if the least mark of independence ap- pear ? The inquiry leads us to that source , at once the essence of genius , of virtue , and of life , which we call Spontaneity or Instinct . We ...
Page 71
... indifference of places . At home I dream that at Naples , at Rome , I can be intoxicated with beauty , and lose my sadness . I pack my trunk , embrace my friends , embark on the sea , and at last wake up in Naples , SELF - RELIANCE . 71.
... indifference of places . At home I dream that at Naples , at Rome , I can be intoxicated with beauty , and lose my sadness . I pack my trunk , embrace my friends , embark on the sea , and at last wake up in Naples , SELF - RELIANCE . 71.
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... Beauty , convenience , grandeur of thought , and quaint expression are as near to us as to any , and if the American artist will study with hope and love the precise thing to be done by him , considering the climate , the soil , the ...
... Beauty , convenience , grandeur of thought , and quaint expression are as near to us as to any , and if the American artist will study with hope and love the precise thing to be done by him , considering the climate , the soil , the ...
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