Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 36
... shines in on us at unawares , but the path of science and of letters is not the way into nature . The idiot , the Indian , the child , and unschooled farmer's boy , stand nearer to the light by which nature is to be read , than the ...
... shines in on us at unawares , but the path of science and of letters is not the way into nature . The idiot , the Indian , the child , and unschooled farmer's boy , stand nearer to the light by which nature is to be read , than the ...
Page 113
... shine for its head , by the falling of the walls and the neglect of the gardener , is made the banian of the forest , yielding shade and fruit to wide neighbour- hoods of men . 8 SPIRITUAL LAWS . The living Heaven thy prayers respect ...
... shine for its head , by the falling of the walls and the neglect of the gardener , is made the banian of the forest , yielding shade and fruit to wide neighbour- hoods of men . 8 SPIRITUAL LAWS . The living Heaven thy prayers respect ...
Page 144
... Shine with real light , and not with the borrowed re- flection of gifts . Common men are apologies for men ; they bow the head , excuse themselves with prolix reasons , and accumulate appearances , because the substance is not . We are ...
... Shine with real light , and not with the borrowed re- flection of gifts . Common men are apologies for men ; they bow the head , excuse themselves with prolix reasons , and accumulate appearances , because the substance is not . We are ...
Page 145
... shine through him , to suffer the law to traverse his whole being without obstruction , so that , on what point soever of his doing your eye falls , it shall re- port truly of his character , whether it be his diet , his house , his ...
... shine through him , to suffer the law to traverse his whole being without obstruction , so that , on what point soever of his doing your eye falls , it shall re- port truly of his character , whether it be his diet , his house , his ...
Page 161
... shine , which pleases everybody with it and with themselves , seems sufficient to itself . The lover cannot paint his maiden to his fancy poor and sol- itary . Like a tree in flower , so much soft , budding , informing loveliness is ...
... shine , which pleases everybody with it and with themselves , seems sufficient to itself . The lover cannot paint his maiden to his fancy poor and sol- itary . Like a tree in flower , so much soft , budding , informing loveliness is ...
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