Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 132
... behold them , and the time when we saw them not is like a dream . Not in nature but in man is all the beauty and worth he sees . The world is very empty , and is indebted to this gilding , exalting soul for all its pride . " Earth fills ...
... behold them , and the time when we saw them not is like a dream . Not in nature but in man is all the beauty and worth he sees . The world is very empty , and is indebted to this gilding , exalting soul for all its pride . " Earth fills ...
Page 160
... Behold there in the wood the fine madman ! He is a palace of sweet sounds and sights ; he dilates ; he is twice a man ; he walks with arms akimbo ; he soliloquizes ; he accosts the grass and the trees ; he feels the blood of the violet ...
... Behold there in the wood the fine madman ! He is a palace of sweet sounds and sights ; he dilates ; he is twice a man ; he walks with arms akimbo ; he soliloquizes ; he accosts the grass and the trees ; he feels the blood of the violet ...
Page 187
... behold now the semblance of my being , in all its height , variety , and curiosity , reiterated in a for- eign form ; so that a friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature . The other element of friendship is tenderness . We ...
... behold now the semblance of my being , in all its height , variety , and curiosity , reiterated in a for- eign form ; so that a friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature . The other element of friendship is tenderness . We ...
Page 224
... behold before my Sophocles : Farewell ; now teach the Romans how to die . Mar. Dost know what ' t is to die ? Soph . Thou dost not , Martius , And , therefore , not what ' t is to live ; to die Is to begin to live . It is to end An old ...
... behold before my Sophocles : Farewell ; now teach the Romans how to die . Mar. Dost know what ' t is to die ? Soph . Thou dost not , Martius , And , therefore , not what ' t is to live ; to die Is to begin to live . It is to end An old ...
Page 245
... whom it will , and behold ! their speech shall be lyrical , and sweet , and universal as the rising of the wind . Yet I desire , even by profane words , if I may not use sacred , to indicate the heaven THE OVER - SOUL . 245.
... whom it will , and behold ! their speech shall be lyrical , and sweet , and universal as the rising of the wind . Yet I desire , even by profane words , if I may not use sacred , to indicate the heaven THE OVER - SOUL . 245.
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