Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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... never needs look for allusions personal and laudatory in dis- course . He hears the commendation , not of him- self , but more sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning character , yea , further , in ...
... never needs look for allusions personal and laudatory in dis- course . He hears the commendation , not of him- self , but more sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning character , yea , further , in ...
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... never the same . She casts the same thought into troops of forms , as a poet makes twenty fables with one moral . Through the bruteness and toughness of matter , a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will . The adamant streams ...
... never the same . She casts the same thought into troops of forms , as a poet makes twenty fables with one moral . Through the bruteness and toughness of matter , a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will . The adamant streams ...
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... never transgressing the ideal serenity ; like votaries performing some religious dance before the gods , and , though in con- - vulsive pain or mortal combat , never daring to break HISTORY . 13.
... never transgressing the ideal serenity ; like votaries performing some religious dance before the gods , and , though in con- - vulsive pain or mortal combat , never daring to break HISTORY . 13.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. vulsive pain or mortal combat , never daring to break the figure and decorum of their dance . Thus , of the genius of one remarkable people , we have a fourfold representation and to the senses what more unlike than ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. vulsive pain or mortal combat , never daring to break the figure and decorum of their dance . Thus , of the genius of one remarkable people , we have a fourfold representation and to the senses what more unlike than ...
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... never gave over the no- madism of its barbarous tribes , but travelled from Ecbatana , where the spring was spent , to Susa in summer , and to Babylon for the winter . In the early history of Asia and Africa , Nomadism and Agriculture ...
... never gave over the no- madism of its barbarous tribes , but travelled from Ecbatana , where the spring was spent , to Susa in summer , and to Babylon for the winter . In the early history of Asia and Africa , Nomadism and Agriculture ...
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