Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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... said of the wise man by Stoic , or oriental or modern essayist , describes to each reader his own idea , de- scribes his unattained but attainable self . All liter- Books , ature writes the character of the wise man 6 ESSAY 1 .
... said of the wise man by Stoic , or oriental or modern essayist , describes to each reader his own idea , de- scribes his unattained but attainable self . All liter- Books , ature writes the character of the wise man 6 ESSAY 1 .
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... character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning character , yea , further , in every fact and circumstance , —— in the run- ning river and the rustling corn . Praise is looked , homage tendered , love flows from mute nature ...
... character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning character , yea , further , in every fact and circumstance , —— in the run- ning river and the rustling corn . Praise is looked , homage tendered , love flows from mute nature ...
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... character ! Observe the sources of our information in respect to the Greek genius . We have the civil history of that people , as Herodotus , Thucydides , Xenophon , and Plutarch have given it ; a very sufficient account of what manner ...
... character ! Observe the sources of our information in respect to the Greek genius . We have the civil history of that people , as Herodotus , Thucydides , Xenophon , and Plutarch have given it ; a very sufficient account of what manner ...
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... character of the Nubian Egyptian architecture to the colossal form which it assumed . In these caverns , already prepared by nature , the eye was accustomed to dwell on huge shapes and masses , so that , when art came to the as ...
... character of the Nubian Egyptian architecture to the colossal form which it assumed . In these caverns , already prepared by nature , the eye was accustomed to dwell on huge shapes and masses , so that , when art came to the as ...
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... character , one fact , makes much impression on him , and another none . This sculp- ture in the memory is not without preëstablished harmony . The eye was placed where one ray should fall , that it might testify of that particular ray ...
... character , one fact , makes much impression on him , and another none . This sculp- ture in the memory is not without preëstablished harmony . The eye was placed where one ray should fall , that it might testify of that particular ray ...
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