Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 7
... sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning character , yea , further , in every fact and circumstance , —— in the run- ning river and the rustling corn . Praise is looked , homage tendered , love flows ...
... sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning character , yea , further , in every fact and circumstance , —— in the run- ning river and the rustling corn . Praise is looked , homage tendered , love flows ...
Page 46
... sweet , and not to need diet and bleeding . I ask pri- mary evidence that you are a man , and refuse this appeal from the man to his actions . I know that for myself it makes no difference whether I do or for bear those actions which ...
... sweet , and not to need diet and bleeding . I ask pri- mary evidence that you are a man , and refuse this appeal from the man to his actions . I know that for myself it makes no difference whether I do or for bear those actions which ...
Page 49
... sweet faces , have no 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 ...
... sweet faces , have no 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 ...
Page 60
... sweet as the murmur of the brook and the rustle of the corn . man . And now at last the highest truth on this subject remains unsaid ; probably cannot be said ; for all that we say is the far - off remembering of the intu- ition . That ...
... sweet as the murmur of the brook and the rustle of the corn . man . And now at last the highest truth on this subject remains unsaid ; probably cannot be said ; for all that we say is the far - off remembering of the intu- ition . That ...
Page 87
... of man . Every excess causes a defect ; every defect an excess . Every sweet hath its sour ; every evil its good . Every faculty which is a receiver of pleasure has an equal penalty put on its abuse . COMPENSATION . 87.
... of man . Every excess causes a defect ; every defect an excess . Every sweet hath its sour ; every evil its good . Every faculty which is a receiver of pleasure has an equal penalty put on its abuse . COMPENSATION . 87.
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