Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 4
... drawn from the great repositories of nature , as the light on my book is yielded by a star a hundred millions of miles distant , as the poise of my body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , SO the hours ...
... drawn from the great repositories of nature , as the light on my book is yielded by a star a hundred millions of miles distant , as the poise of my body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces , SO the hours ...
Page 15
... 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 plays , the painter enters into his nature , and can then draw him at will ...
... 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 plays , the painter enters into his nature , and can then draw him at will ...
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... draw to - day the face of a person whom he shall see to - morrow for the first time . I will not now go behind the general statement to explore the reason of this correspondency . Let it suffice that in the light of these two facts ...
... draw to - day the face of a person whom he shall see to - morrow for the first time . I will not now go behind the general statement to explore the reason of this correspondency . Let it suffice that in the light of these two facts ...
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... drawn from your proper life . But do your work , and I shall know you . Do your work , and you shall reinforce yourself . A man must consider what a blindman's - buff is this game of conformity . If I know your sect , I anticipate your ...
... drawn from your proper life . But do your work , and I shall know you . Do your work , and you shall reinforce yourself . A man must consider what a blindman's - buff is this game of conformity . If I know your sect , I anticipate your ...
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... drawn out , and we are become timorous , de- sponding whimperers . We are afraid of truth , afraid of fortune , afraid of death , and afraid of each other . Our age yields no great and perfect persons . We want men and women who shall ...
... drawn out , and we are become timorous , de- sponding whimperers . We are afraid of truth , afraid of fortune , afraid of death , and afraid of each other . Our age yields no great and perfect persons . We want men and women who shall ...
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