Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 20
Page 35
... Hear the rats in the wall , see the lizard on the fence , the fungus under foot , the lichen on the log . What do I know sympathetically , morally , of either of these worlds of life ? As old as the Caucasian man , - perhaps older ...
... Hear the rats in the wall , see the lizard on the fence , the fungus under foot , the lichen on the log . What do I know sympathetically , morally , of either of these worlds of life ? As old as the Caucasian man , - perhaps older ...
Page 43
... hear in solitude , but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world . Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members . Socie- ty is a joint - stock company , in which the members agree ...
... hear in solitude , but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world . Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members . Socie- ty is a joint - stock company , in which the members agree ...
Page 47
... hear a preacher announce for his text and topic the expe- diency of one of the institutions of his church . Do I not know beforehand that not possibly can he say a new and spontaneous word ? Do I not know that , with all this ...
... hear a preacher announce for his text and topic the expe- diency of one of the institutions of his church . Do I not know beforehand that not possibly can he say a new and spontaneous word ? Do I not know that , with all this ...
Page 52
... we have heard the last of conformity and consistency . Let the words be ga- zetted and ridiculous henceforward . Instead of the gong for dinner , let us hear a whistle from the Spar- A tan fife . Let us never bow and apologize 52 ESSAY II .
... we have heard the last of conformity and consistency . Let the words be ga- zetted and ridiculous henceforward . Instead of the gong for dinner , let us hear a whistle from the Spar- A tan fife . Let us never bow and apologize 52 ESSAY II .
Page 59
... hear God himself , unless he speak the phraseology of I know not what David , or Jeremiah , or Paul . We shall not always set so great a price on a few texts , on a few lives . We are like children who repeat by rote the sentences of ...
... hear God himself , unless he speak the phraseology of I know not what David , or Jeremiah , or Paul . We shall not always set so great a price on a few texts , on a few lives . We are like children who repeat by rote the sentences of ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action affection appear beautiful soul beauty behold better black event Bonduca Cæsar Calvinistic character conversation divine earth Egypt Epaminondas ergy eternal experience fable fact fear feel friendship genius genuity gifts give Greek hand heart heaven Heraclitus heroism hour human intel intellect less light ligion live look lose man's marriage mind moral nature never noble object ourselves OVER-SOUL paint pass passion perception perfect persons Petrarch Phidias Phocion Pindar Plato Plotinus Plutarch poet poetry prudence relations religion Rome sculpture secret seek seems seen sense sensual sentiment Shakspeare shines society Socrates Sophocles soul speak spirit stand Stoicism sweet talent teach thee things thou thought tion to-day true truth ture universal virtue whilst whole wisdom wise words Xenophon youth