Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 15
... deep is the chain of affinity . ---- A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree ; or draw a child by studying the outlines of its form merely , - but , by watching for a time his motions and ...
... deep is the chain of affinity . ---- A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree ; or draw a child by studying the outlines of its form merely , - but , by watching for a time his motions and ...
Page 19
... deep and sublime . As the Persian imitated in the slender shafts and capitals of his architecture the stem and flower of the lotus and palm , so the Persian court in its magnificent era never gave over the no- madism of its barbarous ...
... deep and sublime . As the Persian imitated in the slender shafts and capitals of his architecture the stem and flower of the lotus and palm , so the Persian court in its magnificent era never gave over the no- madism of its barbarous ...
Page 26
... to papacy , we prayed so often and with such fervor , whilst now we pray with the utmost coldness and very seldom ? " The advancing man discovers how deep a proper- ty he has in literature , in all fable as 26 ESSAY I.
... to papacy , we prayed so often and with such fervor , whilst now we pray with the utmost coldness and very seldom ? " The advancing man discovers how deep a proper- ty he has in literature , in all fable as 26 ESSAY I.
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... deep presentiment of the powers of science . The shoes of swiftness , the sword of sharpness , the power of subduing the elements , of using the secret virtues of minerals , of understand- ing the voices of birds , are the obscure ...
... deep presentiment of the powers of science . The shoes of swiftness , the sword of sharpness , the power of subduing the elements , of using the secret virtues of minerals , of understand- ing the voices of birds , are the obscure ...
Page 49
... deep cause , but are put on and off as the wind blows and a newspaper directs . Yet is the discon- tent of the multitude more formidable than that of the senate and the college . It is easy enough for a firm man who knows the world to ...
... deep cause , but are put on and off as the wind blows and a newspaper directs . Yet is the discon- tent of the multitude more formidable than that of the senate and the college . It is easy enough for a firm man who knows the world to ...
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