Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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... conversation , are portraits in which he finds the lineaments he is forming . The silent and the eloquent praise him and accost him , and he is stimulated wherever he moves as by per- sonal allusions . A true aspirant , therefore ...
... conversation , are portraits in which he finds the lineaments he is forming . The silent and the eloquent praise him and accost him , and he is stimulated wherever he moves as by per- sonal allusions . A true aspirant , therefore ...
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... conversation which does not interest us . The muscles , not spontaneously moved , but moved by a low usurp- ing wilfulness , grow tight about the outline of the face with the most disagreeable sensation . For nonconformity the world ...
... conversation which does not interest us . The muscles , not spontaneously moved , but moved by a low usurp- ing wilfulness , grow tight about the outline of the face with the most disagreeable sensation . For nonconformity the world ...
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... conversation , would probably be questioned in silence . If a man dogmatize in a mixed company on Providence and the divine laws , he is answered by a silence which conveys well enough to an observer the dissatisfaction of the hear- er ...
... conversation , would probably be questioned in silence . If a man dogmatize in a mixed company on Providence and the divine laws , he is answered by a silence which conveys well enough to an observer the dissatisfaction of the hear- er ...
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... conversation . It finds a tongue in literature unawares . Thus the Greeks called Jupiter , Su- preme Mind ; but having traditionally ascribed to him many base actions , they involuntarily made amends to reason , by tying up the hands of ...
... conversation . It finds a tongue in literature unawares . Thus the Greeks called Jupiter , Su- preme Mind ; but having traditionally ascribed to him many base actions , they involuntarily made amends to reason , by tying up the hands of ...
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... conversation , that can enchant her graceful lord ? He shall have his own society . We can love nothing but nature . The most wonderful talents , the most meritorious exertions , really avail very little with us ; but nearness or ...
... conversation , that can enchant her graceful lord ? He shall have his own society . We can love nothing but nature . The most wonderful talents , the most meritorious exertions , really avail very little with us ; but nearness or ...
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