Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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... body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , SO the hours should be instructed by the ... bodies of men have done , and the crises of his life refer to national crises . Every revolution was first a thought in ...
... body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , SO the hours should be instructed by the ... bodies of men have done , and the crises of his life refer to national crises . Every revolution was first a thought in ...
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... but this , that every man passes personally through a Grecian pe- riod . The Grecian state is the era of the bodily nature , the perfection of the senses , of the spirit- ual nature unfolded in strict unity with the body . HISTORY . 21.
... but this , that every man passes personally through a Grecian pe- riod . The Grecian state is the era of the bodily nature , the perfection of the senses , of the spirit- ual nature unfolded in strict unity with the body . HISTORY . 21.
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... body to wonderful performances . Such are the Agamemnon and Diomed of Homer , and not far dif- ferent is the picture Xenophon gives of himself and his compatriots in the Retreat of the Ten Thousand . " After the army had crossed the ...
... body to wonderful performances . Such are the Agamemnon and Diomed of Homer , and not far dif- ferent is the picture Xenophon gives of himself and his compatriots in the Retreat of the Ten Thousand . " After the army had crossed the ...
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... body and his mind are invigorated by habits of conversa- tion with nature . The power of music , the power of poetry to unfix , and , as it were , clap wings to sol- id nature , interprets the riddle of Orpheus . The phi- losophical ...
... body and his mind are invigorated by habits of conversa- tion with nature . The power of music , the power of poetry to unfix , and , as it were , clap wings to sol- id nature , interprets the riddle of Orpheus . The phi- losophical ...
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... body to his own imagi- nation . And although that poem be as vague and fantastic as a dream , yet is it much more attractive than the more regular dramatic pieces of the same author , for the reason that it operates a wonderful relief ...
... body to his own imagi- nation . And although that poem be as vague and fantastic as a dream , yet is it much more attractive than the more regular dramatic pieces of the same author , for the reason that it operates a wonderful relief ...
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